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Imbecile Common

Imbecile has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a person of subnormal intelligence

2

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.

Adjective
1

having a mental age of three to seven years

2

Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; especially, mentally weak.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
simpleton
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
mongoloid
Rhyming Words
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