imbecile
Meanings
Plural: imbeciles
Noun
- a person of subnormal intelligence
- 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.
- A fool, an idiot.
Adjective Satellite
- having a mental age of three to seven years
Adj
- Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; especially, mentally weak.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French imbécile, from Latin imbēcillus (“weak, feeble”), literally “without a staff”.
Scrabble Score: 14
imbecile is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordimbecile is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
imbecile is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
imbecile is a valid Words With Friends word