Definition of IMBECILE

imbecile

Plural: imbeciles

Noun

  • A foolish or silly person; one with severe intellectual disability.
  • 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.

Examples

  • Only an IMBECILE would open up a triple-word score for their opponent.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

changeling, cretin, half-wit, idiot, idiotic, imbecilic, moron, retard

Scrabble Score: 14

imbecile: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
imbecile: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
imbecile: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

imbecile: valid Words With Friends Word