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Imbecile

Imbecile Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Imbecile? [n] a person of subnormal intelligence [adj] having a mental age of three to seven years Synonyms \| Synonyms for Imbecile: changeling \| cretin \| half-wit \| idiot \| imbecilic \| moron \| retard \| stupid \| unintelligent Related Terms \| Find terms related to Imbecile: ament \| amputee \| anemic \| apish \| arrested \| asinine \| ass \| asthenic \| babbling \| backward \| batty \| befooled \| beguiled \| besotted \| blithering \| bloodless \| born fool \| brainless \| buffoonish \| burbling \| chicken \| clot \| cockeyed \| congenital idiot \| cowardly \| crackbrained \| cracked \| crazy \| credulous \| cretin \| cretinistic \| cretinous \| cripple \| daffy \| daft \| dazed \| debilitated \| defective \| deformity \| dim-witted \| dithering \| dizzy \| donkey \| doting \| driveling \| drooling \| drooping \| droopy \| dull \| dumb \| effete \| etiolated \| faint \| faintish \| fatuitous \| fatuous \| feeble \| feebleminded \| flabby \| flaccid \| flaky \| floppy \| fond \| fool \| foolheaded \| foolish \| fuddled \| futile \| gaga \| golem \| gone \| goofy \| gulled \| gutless \| half-baked \| half-wit \| half-witted \| handicapped person \| idiot \| idiotic \| imbecilic \| impotent \| inane \| incapable \| inept \| infatuated \| insane \| jackass \| jerk \| juggins \| kooky \| languid \| languorous \| limber \| limp \| listless \| loony \| lustless \| mad \| marrowless \| maudlin \| maundering \| mentally defective \| mentally deficient \| mentally handicapped \| mentally retarded \| mongoloid \| mongoloid idiot \| moron \| moronic \| natural \| natural idiot \| natural-born fool \| nerveless \| nincompoop \| ninny \| not all there \| nutty \| paralytic \| paraplegic \| pithless \| pooped \| powerless \| quadriplegic \| retarded \| rubbery \| sapless \| sappy \| screwy \| senseless \| sentimental \| silly \| simp \| simple \| simpleminded \| simpleton \| simpletonian \| sinewless \| slack \| slobbering \| slow \| slow-witted \| soft \| spineless \| strengthless \| stupid \| subnormal \| the crippled \| the handicapped \| thoughtless \| tomfool \| unhardened \| unnerved \| unstrung \| wacky \| weak \| weakly \| wet \| witless \| zany See Also \| simple \| simpleton Imbecile In Webster's Dictionary \Im"becile\, a. [L. imbecillis, and imbecillus; of unknown origin: cf. F. imb['e]cile.] Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane. Syn: Weak; feeble; feeble-minded; idiotic. \Im"becile\, n. One destitute of strength; esp., one of feeble mind. \Im"be*cile\, v. t. To weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's courage. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.

Imbecile Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Imbecile?

[n] a person of subnormal intelligence
[adj] having a mental age of three to seven years

See Also | simple | simpleton

Imbecile In Webster's Dictionary

\Im"be*cile\, a. [L. imbecillis, and imbecillus; of
unknown origin: cf. F. imb['e]cile.]
Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble;
impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals
for the imbecile and insane.

Syn: Weak; feeble; feeble-minded; idiotic.


\Im"be*cile\, n.
One destitute of strength; esp., one of feeble mind.


\Im"be*cile\, v. t.
To weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's courage.
[Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.

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