Curiosity, interest, imbecile amusement argued in their expression with the respect due the worker of the transformation; it was the sort of look connected with salesresistance of the most obstinate kind. "Greener Than You Think" by Ward Moore

Bish Ware, coming up, told him to stop talking like an imbecile. "Four-Day Planet" by Henry Beam Piper

It sets up the same absurd standard for every woman, the brilliant genius and the average imbecile. "Superseded" by May Sinclair