Associations to the word «Crackpot»

Wiktionary

CRACKPOT, noun. (informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person. A kook.
CRACKPOT, noun. (informal) Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict). See also crackhead.
CRACKPOT, adjective. (informal) Eccentric or impractical

Dictionary definition

CRACKPOT, noun. A whimsically eccentric person.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats