Why do I misapply my time on beings so imbecile?

I'm not so imbecile as you must think me.

He was not therefore quite so imbecile or quite so depraved as his predecessor had been.

The dark-haired pale-face, Jessie, is there too, helping Spooner-whomight almost be called Spooney, he looks so imbecile and sweet.

I was going to roar out to him that we were adrift, but he looked so imbecile that I thought, to what purpose?

There is no calculating upon the result of such a demonstration in dealing with a Government so imbecile, and so ignorant of our resources.