- imbecile⇄adj. 1. very weak in mind; lacking normal intelligence.
2. very stupid or foolish.
(SYN) idiotic, fatuous.
3. weak; feeble.
Ex. His stunted nature and imbecile frame (Shelley). - imbecile⇄adv. imbecilely.
- imbecile⇄imbecile, noun, adjective.
- imbecile⇄noun 1. a person born with such a weak mind that he can be trained to do only very simple tasks and will probably never learn to read; person who develops beyond the mental age of three but not beyond the mental age of eight. An imbecile is almost an idi