imbecility
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Imbecility that is not even meek, ceases to be pitiable, and becomes simply odious.
From The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete by Sheppard, Nathan
Surely such a man must be afflicted with what the Germans call ‘Precocious Imbecility.’
From The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury by Coolidge, Asenath Carver
Imbecility, whether real or simulated, had not come into fashion.
From The Days Before Yesterday by Hamilton, Frederick Spencer, Lord
Imbecility was written all over the face of it.
From The Voice in the Fog by MacGrath, Harold
Has some Vast Imbecility, Mighty to build and blend, But impotent to tend, Framed us in jest, and left us now to hazardry?
From Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing imbecility
"The Five Orange Pips" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Tales from Earthsea
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