Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A psychopath.
  • adjective Mentally deranged; crazy.

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  • adjective Psychotic, or otherwise insane.
  • noun pejorative, slang A person who is psychotic or otherwise insane.
  • noun pejorative, slang A person who acts in a bizarre or dangerous manner.
  • noun informal A class, at a college or university, in which psychology is taught.

Etymologies

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Apocope of psychotic and psychopath.

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  • this is one badazz word. i love the way it sounds when you say it.

    February 7, 2009