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imbecile
UK /ɪmbəˈsiːl/ US /ˈɪmbəsɪl/
noun 2adj 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
absolute, all, becoming, complete, insane, sharp, stupid
VERB + IMBECILE
head, isn't, let, like, look
IMBECILE + NOUN
death, teeth
PREP.
about, down, from, from, on
ADV.
fucking, once, only, such, then
Definitions
noun
1
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.
It is an offence for a man to have unlawful sexual intercourse with a woman whom he knows to be an idiot or imbecile.
2
A fool, an idiot.
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!”
adj
1
Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; especially, mentally weak.
hospitals for the imbecile and insane
And then that imbecile crowd down on the deck started their little fun, and I could see nothing more for smoke.
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It is an offence for a man to have unlawful sexual intercourse with a woman whom he knows to be an idiot or imbecile.
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VLADIMIR: Because he wouldn't save them. / ESTRAGON: From hell? / VLADIMIR: Imbecile! From death.
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“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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hospitals for the imbecile and insane
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And then that imbecile crowd down on the deck started their little fun, and I could see nothing more for smoke.
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You look like an imbecile.
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