Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Dullness of mind; mental lethargy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Obtuseness; dullness; lethargy; stupidity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Dullness; stupidity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Mental lethargy ordullness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun mental lethargy or dullness
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Back in 1985, he maligned television for encouraging hebetude and even chipping away at democratic ideals.
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Back in 1985, he maligned television for encouraging hebetude and even chipping away at democratic ideals.
Dyane Jean François: Twitter, What Is It Good For? Dyane Jean François 2010
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Back in 1985, he maligned television for encouraging hebetude and even chipping away at democratic ideals.
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Words like Git, hebetude, zip in the political sense and many others are explained in brief and charming essays.
Archive 2009-03-01 delagar 2009
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Words like Git, hebetude, zip in the political sense and many others are explained in brief and charming essays.
Oh joy! delagar 2009
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I still felt tired and unable to do a thing, possessed by an unmistakable hebetude.
beat Dean Francis Alfar 2004
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I still felt tired and unable to do a thing, possessed by an unmistakable hebetude.
Archive 2004-08-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2004
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Eastern government rested not so much on consent or force, as on the common supinity, hebetude, lack-a-daisiness, which gave a minority undue effect.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003
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Greece, and, what is worse, from a natural or habitual hebetude, not very adroit, at learning any Thing.
John Adams autobiography, part 1, "John Adams," through 1776 1961
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There is likewise more or less headache, neuralgia, giddiness, hebetude (state of mild stupidity), dejection, confusion of the senses, skin disease, acne rosacea (scarlet redness of the nose and cheeks), eczema, etc.
rolig commented on the word hebetude
Does this word have any relation to Hebe, the cupbearer of the gods? Or the heebie-jeebies?
May 3, 2008
rolig commented on the word hebetude
I can never seem to make myself remember what this word means. I wonder why?
May 3, 2008
bilby commented on the word hebetude
"From that solitude, full of despair and terror, he was torn out brutally, with kicks and blows, passive, sunk in hebetude."
- Joseph Conrad, 'Nostromo'.
August 7, 2009
epeolatrist commented on the word hebetude
i...buh...ermm.. what? oh. durrr
August 8, 2009
knitandpurl commented on the word hebetude
"Insensibility, melancholia, hebetude; ordinary mental tumult and more elaborate physical vexations (boils, a variety of thrip that caused the skin of an unfaithful lover to erupt in a spectacular rash, the color of violet mallows)—Saloona Morn cultivated these in her parterre in the shadow of Cobalt Mountain."
"Return of the Fire Witch" by Elizabeth Hand, p 209 of Errantry: Strange Stories
April 29, 2013
rolig commented on the word hebetude
Someone needs to create a tude list. I'd do it myself if it weren't for this damn hebetude going around.
April 30, 2013
alexz commented on the word hebetude
the *tude abides http://www.wordnik.com/search/*tude
April 30, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word hebetude
Is there a relationship with etude and student?
April 30, 2013
alexz commented on the word hebetude
étudiant
"student" to French
April 30, 2013
yarb commented on the word hebetude
A favourite of Conrad, along with desuetude and mansuetude.
April 30, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word hebetude
It begs 'shebecomestude' ! What does that elicit?
May 1, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word hebetude
Also see i-do-itude
May 1, 2013