Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ID'I-O-CY
ID-I-O-CRAT'IC, or ID-IO-CRAT'ICALID-I-O-E-LEC'TRIC
ID'I-O-CY, n. [Gr. ιδιωτεια. See idiot.]
A defect of understanding; properly, a natural defect. Idiocy and lunacy excuse from the guilt of crime. Encyc.
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