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hebetude|ˈhɛbɪtjuːd|
[ad. L. hebetūdo, n. of quality f. hebes, hebet- blunt, dull: cf. F. hébétude (1535 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
The condition or state of being blunt or dull; dullness, bluntness, obtuseness, lethargy.
c1621S. Ward Life of Faith (1627) 62 Motion as well as health..driues away all lassitude, hebetude, and indisposition. 1665G. Harvey Advice agst. Plague 10 According to their grosseness or subtility, activity, or hebetude. 1787Sir J. Hawkins Life Johnson 258 That appearance of hebetude which marked his countenance when living. 1833Chalmers Const. Man I. iii. 165 A hebetude, if it may be so termed, of the moral sensibilities. 1918E. Pound Let. 3 Apr. (1971) 133 There is something in his [sc. Jules Romains's] work. It is not the hebetude of a lignified cerebrum. 1955W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. vi. 564 The robe was too big. Nevertheless, the pattern was so conservative, and the material so fine, that this seemed rather a mark of luxuriance than some deliberate hebetude on the part of the giver. |