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debiles

debiles is the plural of debile.

Meaning of debile

Noun

debile (plural debiles)

  1. (historical) A person with debilism.
    • A very important group of the mentally abnormal, the oligophrenes, who — according to the degree of lack of intelligence — are called idiots, imbeciles, or debiles, are inter alia also predisposed to misbehaviour because they lack the ability to understand what to do in a situation demanding action.1935, Olof Kinberg, Basic Problems of Criminology, William Heinemann, page 178

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What is debiles the plural of?
Debiles is the plural of debile.

Words near debiles in the dictionary

  1. debigulates
  2. debigulating
  3. debil-debil
  4. debil-debils
  5. debile
  6. debiles
  7. debilism
  8. debilitant
  9. debilitants
  10. debilitate
  11. debilitated

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