'Imbecile' definitions:

Definition of 'imbecile'

From: WordNet
adjective
Having a mental age of three to seven years [syn: imbecile, imbecilic, idiotic]
noun
A person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard]

Definition of 'Imbecile'

From: GCIDE
  • Imbecile \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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Imbecile'

From: GCIDE
  • Imbecile \Im"be*cile\, n.
  • 1. One destitute of strength; esp., one of feeble mind; -- sometimes used as a pejorative term. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Psychology) A person with a degree of mental retardation between that of an idiot and a moron; in a former classification of mentally retarded person, it applied to a person with an adult mental age of from four to eith years, and an I.Q. of from 26 to 50. [PJC]

Definition of 'Imbecile'

From: GCIDE
  • Imbecile \Im"be*cile\, v. t. To weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's courage. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

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