/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 ]
/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 . 2012