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Definition of Imbecilic
1. Adjective. Having a mental age of three to seven years.
Definition of Imbecilic
1. Adjective. like or as an imbecile; so senseless as to be laughable; absurd, foolish, harebrained, idiotic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imbecilic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imbecilic
Literary usage of Imbecilic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the by George J Hagar (1910)
"... to be dependent upon disease of the thyroid gland, or at all events some of
the prominent symptoms depend upon such disease. The cretin is imbecilic ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"The word imbecilic appears to be a 20th-century coinage. The earliest citation
in the OED Supplement is dated 1918. We first heard of it in 1909 through a ..."
3. The Kallikak Family: A Study in the Heredity of Feeblemindedness by Henry Herbert Goddard (1912)
"pointing to a lump of humanity, a girl who, at first glance, had thrown her
imbecilic shadow over the whole group, making them all look imbecilic — "do you ..."
4. Annual Report by New Jersey State hospital, Morris Plains (1908)
"idiotic and imbecilic children in the wards of a hospital for the care and
treatment of insane persons is unwise in principle and is always a source of ..."
5. Annual Report (1897)
"imbecilic. Including cases in which imbecility, or lack of mental development,
precedes, is concomitant with, or is a sequel to the epilepsy. \ ACQUIRED. ..."
6. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1894)
"Of course, no one would deny the child's being imbecilic and probably microcephalic.
But what about pathogenesis ? Shall we ever get beyond the amateur ..."
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