Pyramidiot
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pyramidiot is a noun meaning (derogatory) pyramidologist; one who believes prophecies are encoded in Egyptian pyramids.
Meaning
(derogatory) pyramidologist; one who believes prophecies are encoded in Egyptian pyramids.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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 ?
Word Forms
- pyramidiots
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pyramis, pyramidization, pyramidisation, pyramide, piramid, pyramidon.
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