| Definitions | | imbecile |
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noun
- (obsolete) A person with limited mental capacity who can perform tasks and think only like a young child, in medical circles meaning a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal five to seven-year-old child (not commonly used today)
- (context, informal, pejorative) A fool, an idiot.
- Usage note: Commonly used in jocular insults.
Translations: - Dutch: imbeciel
- French: imbécile ,
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- Spanish: imbécil
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