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feeble-minded en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Anglo-Norman feblebor. Middle English feble English feeble English mind Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English minded English feeble-minded

Meanings

  1. Weak in intellectual power; lacking firmness or constancy; lacking intelligence.
    • Wading through history, he noted that some eugenicists believed that the “distinction between the fit and the unfit could be drawn along racial lines,” and others would define a person as “feeble-minded.” 2019 May 28, Ariane de Vogue, “Why Clarence Thomas wrote over a dozen pages on eugenics”, in CNN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
feeblest-minded Degree=Sup lexicographic
feebler-minded Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most feeble-minded Degree=Sup lexicographic
more feeble-minded Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

feeb

Relateds

feeble-mindedness · feeble-mindedly

Synonyms

imbecile · vacillating · irresolute

Translations (11)

nl zwak begaafd (unintelligent) · sh малоуман (unintelligent) · fi vähä-älyinen (unintelligent) · es pusilánime (unintelligent) · fi heikkolahjainen (unintelligent) · fi heikkomielinen (unintelligent) · pt débil mental (unintelligent) · fr faible d'esprit (unintelligent) · de schwachsinnig (unintelligent) · sh malouman (unintelligent) · sv sinnessvag (unintelligent)