imbecile UK /ɪmbəˈsiːl/US /ˈɪmbəsɪl/noun 2adjective 1forms 3 noun2 •(offensive) A fool, an idiot.VLADIMIR: Because he wouldn't save them. / ESTRAGON: From hell? / VLADIMIR: Imbecile! From death. — 1954 •(no longer used) 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.It is an offence for a man to have unlawful sexual intercourse with a woman whom he knows to be an idiot or imbecile. — 1956 adjective1 •(offensive, old-fashioned) Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; especially, mentally weak.And then that imbecile crowd down on the deck started their little fun, and I could see nothing more for smoke. — 1899 formsimbeciles · more imbecile · most imbecile