hebetude

  • 11hebetude — SYN: moria (1). [L. hebetudo, fr. hebeo, to be dull] * * * heb·e·tude heb ə .t(y)üd n the absence of mental alertness and affect (as in schizophrenia) * * * n. apathy and emotional dullness. This is not a symptom specific to any one condition;… …

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  • 12hébétude — (é bé tu d ) s. f. Terme de médecine. Apparence hébétée que présente un malade dans certaines affections cérébrales. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Lat. hebetudinem, état de ce qui est émoussé, de hebes, émoussé …

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  • 13hebetude — Synonyms and related words: acedia, aloofness, apathy, asininity, ataraxia, ataraxy, benumbedness, blah, blahs, blockishness, boobishness, boorishness, boredom, bovinity, cloddishness, coma, comatoseness, crassness, crudeness, denseness, density …

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  • 14hebetude — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A deficiency in mental and physical alertness and activity: dullness, languidness, languor, lassitude, leadenness, lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, stupor, torpidity, torpor. See ACTION …

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  • 15hebetude — n. limpness, languidness, dullness …

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  • 16hebetude — [ hɛbɪtju:d] noun literary the state of being dull or lethargic. Origin C17: from late L. hebetudo, from hebes, hebet blunt …

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  • 17hebetude — heb·e·tude …

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  • 18hebetude — heb•e•tude [[t]ˈhɛb ɪˌtud, ˌtyud[/t]] n. the state of being dull; lethargy • Etymology: 1615–25; < LL hebetūdō= L hebet , s. of hebes dull + ūdō; see tude heb e•tu′di•nous, adj …

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  • 19hebetude — /ˈhɛbətjud/ (say hebuhtyoohd), / tʃud/ (say choohd) noun Poetic the state of being dull; lethargy; mental dullness. {Late Latin hebetūdo, from Latin hebes dull} …

  • 20hebetude —   n. stupidity.    ♦ hebetudinous, a …

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