Who is an imbecile

Stupid and silly people. Related words imbecilic adjective. Translations of imbecile in Chinese Traditional. See more. Need a translator? Translator tool. What is the pronunciation of imbecile? Browse imago BETA. Test your vocabulary with our fun image quizzes. Image credits. Word of the Day have a heart of gold.

Blog Outsets and onsets! Read More. Usually Offensive. We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms. Words related to imbecile simple , thick , birdbrain , dimwit , dolt , dummy , dunce , fool , idiot , jerk , moron , pinhead , simpleton , asinine , backward , deranged , dim-witted , dull , fatuous , feeble-minded.

Thomas Babington Macaulay. The Creators May Sinclair. The Daughters of Danaus Mona Caird. A very foolish or stupid person. Very foolish or stupid. A disabled person mentally equal to a child between three and eight years old.

Hospitals for the imbecile and insane. A person with moderate to severe intellectual disability having a mental age of from three to seven years and generally being capable of some degree of communication and performance of simple tasks under supervision. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.

A person of moderate to severe mental retardation having a mental age of from three to seven years and generally being capable of some degree of communication and performance of simple tasks under supervision.