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crackpot
noun
a person who is somewhere in the continuum between odd and crazy UK, 1883- When Washington was suddenly flooded with a horde of crackpots from the campuses, Communists, ballet-dancers and economic planners, there was no place for them to live. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Washington Confidential, p. 9, 1951
- What the hell, we were supposed to be here as observers, not as participants in any of Allen’s crackpot schemes. — Terry Southern, Now Dig This, p. 122, November 1968
- “The Beach police think it’s a crackpot,” Garcia added in a noncommital way. — Carl Hiaasen, Tourist Season, p. 54, 1986
- “Just remember,” Rebus warned, “the person we’re looking for might be a crackpot too.” — Ian Rankin, The Falls, p. 99, 2001
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