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hebetude

[ heb-i-tood, -tyood ]

noun

  1. the state of being dull; lethargy.


hebetude

/ ˈɛɪˌː /

noun

  1. rare.
    mental dullness or lethargy
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈٳܻ徱Դdzܲ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • e·ٳd·Դdzܲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hebetude1

First recorded in 1615–25; from Late Latin ūō “dullness, bluntness,” equivalent to Latin hebet- (stem of hebes ) “dull” + -ūō; -tude
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hebetude1

C17: from Late Latin ūō, from Latin hebes blunt
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As the disease progresses the hebetude becomes more profound and is overcome with greater difficulty.

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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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