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imbecille — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blockhead noun A stupid, slow-witted person.
  • clot noun A thickened, partly solid lump formed from a liquid, especially blood.
  • dolt noun A stupid or slow-witted person.
  • dumbbell noun A short handheld weight used for strength training, with a load on each end.
  • imbecile noun An insulting term for a stupid or foolish person.
  • moron noun An insult for a stupid or foolish person.
  • nincompoop noun A silly, foolish person.
  • oaf noun A clumsy, foolish, or unrefined person.

Senses

imbecille is used for these senses in English:

  • blockhead (colloquial) A stupid person.
  • clot A silly person.
  • dolt (pejorative) A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
  • dullard A stupid person; a fool.
  • dumbbell (pejorative, slang) A stupid person.
  • imbecile (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.
  • moron (psychology, dated, originally) A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.
  • nincompoop (derogatory) A foolish or silly person. [from 16th c.]

clot — full definition

  1. noun A thickened, partly solid lump formed from a liquid, especially blood.
  2. verb To thicken and form a solid lump.
  3. noun A silly or foolish person (informal, chiefly British).

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