Plural of imbecile
regular plural
The plural of imbecile is imbeciles.
Forms of imbecile
| Singular | imbecile /ɪmbəˈsiːl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | imbeciles |
| Countable | countable |
Imbeciles in a sentence
- Nurse B, in contrast, frownfully wonders how such imbeciles could ever come to exist.2007, Paul Saka, How to Think about Meaning. From the entry frownfully
- The Ministry of Health deals with schools for debiles with multiple handicaps and for “imbeciles.”1974, Edwin W. Martin, Jr.; Donald Blodgett; Stella A. Edwards; William C. Geer; John W. Melcher, “Administration of Education for…. From the entry debile
- Those with subnormal intelligence were considered idiots, moderate mental deficients were imbeciles, and debiles were those with mild mental defects.2023, Mark M. Rich, Invisible Eugenics: How the Medical System and Public Schools Are Killing Your Children, 2nd edition. From the entry debile
- Imbeciles and debiles are able to give conditional reflexes.1962, Christian Astrup, Schizophrenia: Conditional Reflex Studies, Thomas, →ISBN, page 64. From the entry debile
- On the other hand, when imbeciles and debiles were put together, their collectives averaged 5.2 members and the duration was 12.8 minutes.1993, Lev Semenovich Vygotsky, translated by Jane E. Knox and Carol B. Stevens, edited by Robert W. Rieber and Aaron S. Carton, The…. From the entry debile
Meaning of imbecile
- noun 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.
- noun A fool, an idiot.
- adjective Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; especially, mentally weak.
Questions about the plural of imbecile
- What is the plural of imbecile?
- The plural of imbecile is imbeciles.
- Is imbecile countable?
- Imbecile is a countable noun.
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