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noun 
  1. (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 (not commonly used today)
  2. (context, informal, pejorative) A fool, an idiot.
    • Usage note: Commonly used in jocular insults.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: imbeciel
  • French: imbécile ,
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: imbécil
    (trans-bottom)
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