fakki-idiootti
Finnish
noun
Definitions
- (pejorative) a fachidiot; someone with profound knowledge of their field, but relatively ignorant and unappreciative of other fields of knowledge and art; an overly specialized person
Etymology
Compound from Finnish fakki + Finnish idiootti.
Origin
Finnish
idiootti
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fakki Finnish
- fakkiintua Finnish
- fakkikieli Finnish
- idiootti Finnish
- idioottimainen Finnish
- idioottivarma Finnish
- Fach German