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imbecility noun

  /ˌɪmbəˈsɪləti/
  • The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, especially of mind.
 imbécilité

imbecile noun

  /ɪmbəˈsiːl/ , /ˈɪmbəsəl/ , /ˈɪmbəsɪl/
  • (obsolete) 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.
  • (pejorative) A fool, an idiot.
 imbécile
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