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/de.bil/

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Translation

stupid, pathetic (informal, mildly insulting)

Word origin

From Latin debilis ('weak, feeble'). The older French sense was physical weakness, and the colloquial meaning 'stupid' is a modern development. English 'debilitate' and 'debility' keep the original sense.

Origin
Latin
Root
debilis
English cognates
debilitate, debility

Grammar

Masc pluraldébiles

Examples

C' , cette .

That rule is stupid.

J' .

I said something stupid and everybody laughed.

.

The film was completely daft.

J' .

I had a stupid idea last night.

, ' '.

This game is daft, but you cannot stop playing it.

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This word is part of lesson 33.