imbecilic
pronunciation
How to pronounce imbecilic in British English:
UK [ˌɪmbɪ'sɪlɪk]
How to pronounce imbecilic in American English:
US [ˌɪmbə'sɪlɪk]
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- Adjective:
- having a mental age of three to seven years
Word Origin
- imbecilic (adj.)
- 1875, from imbecile + -ic.
Example
- 1. That was an imbecilic thing to do !
- 2. His move there was stupid . His remaining there is imbecilic .
- 3. They regarded it as imbecilic that an artist surrounded by the wonders of the modern scientific age should spend his time mooning over pastoral landscapes or attempting to recapture the beauty of classical mythology .