imbecility
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imbecility
- /ˌɪmbəˈsɪləti/
Where it comes from
From Middle English inbecillite, from Middle French imbecilité, imbecillité, and its etymon Classical Latin imbēcillitās. By surface analysis, imbecile + -ity.
noun imbecilities
- The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, especially of mind. The police prosecutor hammered at him and the bench had a go at him, and they commanded from him such a madhouse particularity between the distinctions of looking and seeing that Bradly was reduced to imbecility, and so contradictious were his mutterings that he was openly suspected of trying to shi
- Something imbecilic; a stupid action, behaviour, etc. The Parnassian theory of art is mere imbecility.
Translations
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noun quality of imbecile, stupid behaviour
| Español | imbecilidad |
|---|---|
| Français | imbécilité |
| Italiano | imbecillità |
| Ελληνικά | ηλιθιότητα ilithiótita, βλακεία vlakeía |
| Русский | слабоу́мие slaboúmije, дебили́зм debilízm, имбеци́льность imbecílʹnostʹ |
Talk about this word "imbecility." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/imbecility. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. imbecility. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/imbecility "imbecility." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/imbecility.Cite this
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title = {imbecility},
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