Imbecility
[,ɪmbɪ'sɪlətɪ] or [,ɪmbə'sɪləti]
Definition
(noun.) retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot.
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Definition
(n.) The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, esp. of mind.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Weakness, feebleness, debility, infirmity, helplessness.[2]. Foolishness, childishness, idiocy, fatuity.
Typist: Shelley
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Feebleness, senility, weakness, dotage
ANT:Strength, energy, vigor, virility, power
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A kind of divine inspiration or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this dictionary.
Typist: Willie
Examples
- I spit upon his house, upon his name, upon his imbecility, all of which she makes the carpet represent. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Incredible imbecility! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- So with him we have played that game which has vanquished so many guides for us --imbecility and idiotic questions. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They could not have done so if they had wished to, and if it had been possible general imbecility would have been the only outcome. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The beginning of all effort has indeed with me been marked by a preternatural imbecility. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mrs. Gradgrind faintly looked at the tongs, as the most appropriate thing her imbecility could think of doing. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Yah, the imbecility of the whole set of 'em! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- When I came to myself, he told me that he concluded I had been dead; for these people are subject to no such imbecilities of nature. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
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