imbecile

Etymology
From, from , literally “without a staff”.

Noun

 * 1)  A person with limited   who can perform  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.
 * 2)  A fool, an idiot.
 * 1)  A fool, an idiot.

Usage notes

 * In modern times, “imbecile” is often used in.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:idiot

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Zurückgebliebener,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: βλάξ
 * Italian:
 * Khmer: មនុស្សល្ងីល្ងើ
 * Latvian: imbecils
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: imbesil
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: tulala
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese: người khờ dại


 * Catalan:
 * Danish: tåbe, fjols,, kraftidiot, dumrian, , imbecil
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese: býttlingur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: អាភ្លើ
 * Latvian: imbecils, stulbs,, muļķe
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: imbesil
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: tulala
 * Turkish:, , ,

Adjective

 * 1)  Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; especially, mentally weak.
 * hospitals for the imbecile and insane