crackpot

/ˈkɹæk.pɒt/

Etymology

Mostly likely a back-etymology of pot, to form crack + pot. Originally, from crack + pate. Compare typologically Russian чо́кнутый (čóknutyj) (< чо́каться (čókatʹsja), onomatopoeic), see crack for the further typology.

crackpot means eccentric or impractical. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 67 out of 100.

crackpot is pronounced /ˈkɹæk.pɒt/.

adj

Eccentric or impractical.“a crackpot idea”

name

A small village in Grinton parish, Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SD9796)

noun

An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.“Time will tell whether he is a crackpot or a genius for promoting that sort of idea.”
Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict).