Found 3 items, similar to imbecile.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: imbecile
orang pandir
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: imbecile
imbecile
adj : having a mental age of three to seven years [syn:
imbecilic,
idiotic]
n : a person of subnormal intelligence [syn:
idiot,
cretin,
moron,
changeling,
half-wit,
retard]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Imbecile
Imbecile
\Im"be*cile\, v. t.
To weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's courage.
[Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
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]
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]