imbecile
imbecile · more imbecile · most imbecile
дурацкий, идиотский
idiotisch, blöd
Destitute of strength, whether of body or mindDestitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; especially, mentally weak.
Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
UK/ɪmbəˈsiːl/US/ˈɪmbəsɪl/
Meaning
1 senses(dated)Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; especially, mentally weak.
hospitals for the imbecile and insane
More definitions
- having a mental age of three to seven years
Examples
26 sentencesOrigin
Borrowed from Middle French imbécile, from Latin imbēcillus (“weak, feeble”), literally “wBorrowed from Middle French imbécile, from Latin imbēcillus (“weak, feeble”), literally “without a staff”.
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Forms
more imbecile, most imbecile| Comparative | more imbecile Lesson |
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| Superlative | most imbecile Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedimbecility
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.