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hebetude

[ heb-i-tood, -tyood ]

noun

  1. the state of being dull; lethargy.


hebetude

/ ˈ³óÉ›²úɪˌ³ÙÂá³ÜË»å /

noun

  1. rare.
    mental dullness or lethargy
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ³ó±ð²ú±ðˈ³Ù³Ü»å¾±²Ô´Ç³Ü²õ, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³ó±ð²úe·³Ù³Üd¾±Â·²Ô´Ç³Ü²õ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hebetude1

First recorded in 1615–25; from Late Latin ³ó±ð²ú±ð³ÙÅ«»åŠ“dullness, bluntness,†equivalent to Latin hebet- (stem of hebes ) “dull†+ -Å«»åÅ; -tude
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hebetude1

C17: from Late Latin ³ó±ð²ú±ð³ÙÅ«»åÅ, from Latin hebes blunt
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Example Sentences

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These are the predominant symptoms: hebetude or low, muttering delirium, picking at the bed-clothes, involuntary evacuations, stertor, and the like.

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Such children, in their mental hebetude and physical degeneracy, suggest a degree of cretinism.

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Benumbed, exhausted, sunk in hebetude, she waited until she could wait no more, until intolerable suspense drove her blindly.

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We are on the eve of a Jubilee Year, when the halcyon shall plume his wing, and we shall hear much oratorical trash and hebetude about the peacefulness of this happy reign.

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This hebetude of all faculty was the merciful, protecting method that Nature took with her, dimming the lamp of consciousness until the wounded creature could gain sufficient resiliency to bear a full realization of life.

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