| 单词 |
crankery |
| 释义 |
ˈcrankery [f. crank n.2 5 + -ery: cf. foolery, knavery.] The characteristics of a ‘crank’; crack-brainedness, enthusiastic eccentricity.
1884Times (Weekly Ed.) 17 Oct. 15/3 Crankery ranges all the way from dangerous approach to insanity, to the one-idead fanatics in pseudo-scientific research [etc.]. 1890Sat. Rev. 19 Apr. 481/2 The thoughts and words of a ‘crank’, often very amusing and interesting in themselves, and as a study of crankery. |

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