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What does imbecile mean?

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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.
  2. (pejorative) A fool, an idiot.
Adjective
  1. (dated) Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; especially, mentally weak.
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