CRACKPOT


Meaning of CRACKPOT in English

/krak"pot'/ , Informal.

n.

1. a person who is eccentric, unrealistic, or fanatical.

adj.

2. eccentric; impractical; fanatical: crackpot ideas.

[ 1860-65; from the phrase cracked pot ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .