imbecile: Meaning and Definition of

im•be•cile

1. a person of the second order in a former classification of mental retardation, above the level of idiocy, having a mental age of seven or eight years and an intelligence quotient of 25 to 50.
2. a dunce; blockhead; dolt.

1. mentally feeble.
2. showing mental feebleness or incapacity.
3. stupid; silly; absurd.
4. weak or feeble.