Definitions
a whimsically eccentric person
Word origin
Mostly likely a back-etymology of pot, to form crack + pot. Originally, from crack + pate.
Used in a sentence
“Time will tell whether he is a crackpot or a genius for promoting that sort of idea.”
“No one plots like Gaston / Takes cheap shots like Gaston / Plans to persecute harmless crackpots like Gaston”
“a crackpot idea”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Eccentric crank”8 letters
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