IDEA
ADJECTIVES
► EDIFICANT edifying, instilling ideas → 1642 obs.
► IDEAGENOUS producing or giving rise to an idea → 1881
► IDEATIONAL pert. to the formation of ideas → 1853
► IDEATIVE pert. to the formation of ideas → 1887
NOUNS
► AIM an idea, conjecture → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► BRAINCHILD an idea or invention that is the creation of a particular person, organization, etc. → 1631
► BRAIN-STUFF the product of thinking; ideas → 1855
► CONCEIT a conception, thought, or idea → 1619 US
► DANNY LA RUE a clue; an idea, a suspicion → 2000s rhyming sl. for ‘clue’
► DART 1. a plan, an aim, a scheme, an idea → 1887 Aust. sl.
2. a good idea → 20C Aust. sl.
► EARTHLY an idea → 1920s sl.
► FANCY a legend, a fanciful tale; a whim, an idea; delirious talk; general in plural → 1836 Eng. dial.
► GUT THOUGHT an idea that comes from feeling or intuition rather than reason → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► I an idea → 1910s US sl.
► IDEATION the formation of ideas or mental images of things not present to the senses → 1829
► IDEE an idea → 1493 obs.
► IDEOLATRY the worship of ideas → 1869
► KINK a clever or unusual idea → 1930s US & Aust. colloq.
► MIND an idea, a notion → 1966 Amer. dial.
► RACKET a theory, an idea → L19 sl.
► REELING confusion, esp. of ideas → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► RINKLE an idea, device, or trick, esp. a new one → L16
► STROKE OF GENIUS an outstandingly brilliant or inspired idea → 1728
► VERGE an idea, opinion, view → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WET IDEA a wrong idea → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WHEELS IN THE HEAD cranky ideas → 1897 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► WHEEZE a trick, dodge, or idea, especially a cunning or artful one → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► WIG-TRIG an idea → 1946 US sl.
► WINKLE an idea, device, or trick, esp. a new one → L16
► WRINKLE an idea, device, trick, notion, etc., esp. a new one → 1817 sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► IDEA HAMSTER ► IDEAS HAMSTER a person who is employed to generate new ideas → 2001 UK sl.
► IDEOLOGIST 1. one versed in ideology (the science of ideas); one who treats of the origin and nature of ideas→ 1798
2. a person occupied with an idea or ideas, esp. with such as are regarded as unpractical; a speculator; an idealist; a visionary; a mere theorist → 1831
► IDEOLOGUE a person occupied with an idea or ideas, esp. with such as are regarded as unpractical; a speculator; an idealist; a visionary; a mere theorist → 1815
► IDEOPRAXIST one whose practice is actuated by an idea; one who embodies an idea in action → 1831
PHRASES
► NOT A GLIMMER no idea whatsoever → 1920s sl.
► PICK UP THE THREADS to pull thoughts and ideas together → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
VERBS
► HAVE FLEAS IN ONE’S NOSE to have a foolish or erroneous idea → 1928 Amer. dial.
► IDEATE to form the idea of; to construct an idea; to imagine, to conceive → 1610
► MATCH DOPE to exchange views, to compare ideas → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SMITE of a thought, idea, etc.: to occur suddenly to a person; to strike; to enter the brain or mind → 1797
► TAKE THE TIG to take an idea into one’s head → 1845 Sc.
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