feeble-minded
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.16 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Weak in intellectual power; lacking firmness or constancy; lacking intelligence.
Example Sentences
- "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.”"
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
Inflected Forms
more feeble-minded (comparative)
feebler-minded (comparative)
most feeble-minded (superlative)
feeblest-minded (superlative)