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Word: Imbecility
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘weakness, infirmity’): from Middle French imbecillité, imbecilité and Latin imbecillitas ‘weakness, fragility, powerlessness’, from imbecillus (see imbecile)
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Phonetic Spelling:
ˌɪmbɪˈsɪlɪti
Dialects: British English
Definition:
total foolishness; stupidity
Short Definition:total foolishness
Examples:- I flinched at the utter imbecility of the remark
- he has accused the lawmakers of political imbecility
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