Enfeebled vs Imbecile - What's the difference?
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(enfeeble)
To make feeble.
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* 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets , J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 130,
(obsolete) A person with limited (l) (l) who can perform (l) 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.
(pejorative) A .
(dated) Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; especially, mentally weak.
As a verb enfeebled
is past tense of enfeeble.As a noun imbecile is
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.As an adjective imbecile is
destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; especially, mentally weak.enfeebled
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Verb
(head)enfeeble
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Verb
(enfeebl)Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian , 8 September 2014:
- In the face of enfeebled , self-harming opposition on both sides of the border (and a miserable economic recession on both sides too) he has performed brilliantly.
- "...the gout, with which he had long been tormented, prevailed over the enfeebled powers of nature."
Synonyms
* weakenimbecile
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Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* In modern times, “imbecile” is often used in (l) (l).Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* imbecilic (adjective) * imbecility (noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- hospitals for the imbecile and insane