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imbecile

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8 lettersPronunciation /ɪmbəˈsiːl/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted bceeiilmStarts with IEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. having a mental age of three to seven years

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle French imbécile, from Latin imbēcillus (“weak, feeble”), literally “without a staff”.

Used in a sentence

  • It is an offence for a man to have unlawful sexual intercourse with a woman whom he knows to be an idiot or imbecile.
  • VLADIMIR: Because he wouldn't save them. / ESTRAGON: From hell? / VLADIMIR: Imbecile! From death.
  • “A rat picked up a drink can and threw it at me?” yelled Mr Big. “A big rat, guv’nor? One of them super-rats?” suggested Thumbs. “It landed on my head, you imbecile!”

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