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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024im•be•cil•ic (im′bə sil′ik),USA pronunciation adj. - Psychologyof, pertaining to, or characteristic of an imbecile.
- contemptibly stupid, silly, or inappropriate:an imbecilic suggestion.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged idiotic, stupid, asinine.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024im•be•cile /ˈɪmbəsɪl, -səl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Psychologyformerly, a person classified in a low rank of mental retardation.
- a stupid person; fool;
idiot:Some imbecile smashed our car.
im•be•cil•ic /ˌɪmbəˈsɪlɪk/USA pronunciation adj. im•be•cil•i•ty /ˌɪmbəˈsɪlɪti/USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties [uncountable]a condition of imbecility.[countable]One of his newest imbecilities was trying to hitch a cat to a cart. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024im•be•cile (im′bə sil, -səl or, esp. Brit., -sēl′),USA pronunciation n. - Psychologya person of the second order in a former classification of mental retardation, above the level of idiocy, having a mental age of seven or eight years and an intelligence quotient of 25 to 50.
- a dunce;
blockhead;
dolt.
adj. - mentally feeble.
- showing mental feebleness or incapacity.
- stupid;
silly;
absurd. - [Archaic.]weak or feeble.
- Latin imbēcillus weak; -ile replacing -ill by confusion with suffix -ile
- earlier imbecill 1540–50
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