Meaning of pyramidiot | Babel Free

Definitions

pyramidologist; one who believes prophecies are encoded in Egyptian pyramids.

derogatory

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Examples

“It has been customary in some circles to dub them ' Pyramid-ites ', but after all ' Smyrniot ' and ' Cypriot ' are used for ' those of Smyrna ' and ' those of Cyprus ', so why not Pyramidiot ?”

“If I started babbling about Nefertiti, they would shrug, shake⟳ their heads sadly, and write⟳ me off as some kind of pyramidiot. But if my wild tale were backed up by two responsible, respected professionals, Bloch would be in real trouble⟳.”

“Deverell was both a cultural diffusionist and a pyramidiot. He insisted that ancient Egypt had acquired its civilization from England, whose colony Egypt had been in ancient times.”

“Listen⟳ how a little of it looked: Wisely, somebody, probably Richard Loren, veteran Pyramidiot as well as promotor, chose to begin⟳ the first set⟳ with Hamza el-Din, an internationally famous master of the oud.”

“His manipulations of figures had enormous appeal and his books were read⟳ by thousands, but his conclusions were debunked by scholars, who called him a " pyramidiot."”

“The roots of the pyramidologist or pyramidiot probably go back to the time the pyramids were built, but their flowering arrived with the antiquarians of the 19th century.”

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