English Dictionary

imbecile

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪmbəˈsiːl/

名詞

廃用 軽蔑的

(obsolete) 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.

日本語の意味

幼児的な知能しか持たず、通常の知的発達が著しく制限されている人。 / 発達障害を含む概念で、精神年齢が正常な五〜七歳児以上に進まない状態の人。

In 19th-century medical records, the word imbecile was used to describe a patient who could think and perform tasks only at the level of a five- to seven-year-old child.

19世紀の医療記録では、その言葉は精神的な能力が限られ、通常は5〜7歳程度の精神年齢しか持たない人を指していた。

意味（1）

(obsolete) 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.

意味（2）

(derogatory) A fool, an idiot.

imbeciles （ plural ）