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 Ima’us (3 syl.).Imbroca’do (Spanish). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Im’becile (3 syl.).
 
One mentally weak. Literally, one who leans “on a stick.” (Latin, imbecillis, from inbacillum.)   1
 


 Ima’us (3 syl.).Imbroca’do (Spanish). 

 
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