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adjective ludicrous, foolish
adjective informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
originEtymology tree English whack Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English wacky From whack (“someone who whacked his head onto something often, hence being weird”) + -y.
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