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1. (n.) imbecile
a stupid person; dolt.
2. imbecile
a person of the second order in a former classification of mental retardation, above the level of idiocy, having a mental age of seven or eight years and an intelligence quotient of 25 to 50.
3. (adj.) imbecile
imbecilic.
Etymology: (1540–50; earlier imbecill < L imbēcillus weak)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard
a person of subnormal intelligence
2. (adj) imbecile, imbecilic, idiotic
having a mental age of three to seven years
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1. (adj) imbecile
destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane
2. (noun) imbecile
one destitute of strength; esp., one of feeble mind
3. (verb) imbecile
to weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's courage
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Sense: a stupid person; a fool.
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 Afrikaans: imbesiel |
 Arabic: أبْلَه |
 Bulgarian: слабоумен |
 Brazilian: imbecil |
 Czech: blbec |
 German: der Idiot |
 Danish: tåbe |
 Greek: ηλίθιος |
 Spanish: imbécil |
 Estonian: lollpea |
 Farsi: آدم احمق |
 Finnish: typerys |
 French: imbécile |
 Hebrew: אִידיוֹט |
 Hindi: मूर्ख |
 Croatian: imbecil, glupan |
 Hungarian: hülye |
 Indonesian: orang tolol, orang dungu |
 Icelandic: fáviti, heimskingi |
 Italian: imbecille |
 Japanese: ばか者 |
 Korean: 바보 |
 Lithuanian: kvailys, silpnaprotis |
 Latvian: muļķis |
 Malay: bodoh |
 Dutch: imbeciel |
 Norwegian: imbesil, tosk |
 Polish: dureń |
 Persian: آدم احمق |
 Pashto: احمقه سړی |
 Portuguese: imbecil |
 Romanian: imbecil |
 Russian: дурак |
 Slovak: hlupák |
 Slovenian: bebec |
 Serbian: imbecil |
 Swedish: imbecill person |
 Thai: คนโง่; คนงี่เง่า |
 Turkish: budala, ahmak kimse |
 Taiwanese: 笨蛋 |
 Ukrainian: дурень, придурок |
 Urdu: احمق |
 Vietnamese: kẻ khờ dại |
 Chinese: 笨人 |
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