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lethargic, a. and n.|lɪˈθɑːdʒɪk|
Forms: 4 litargik, -yk, 7–8 lethargick(e, (6–7 lethargique), 7– lethargic.
[ad. L. lēthargic-us, ad. Gr. ληθαργικ-ός, f. λήθαργ-ος: see lethargy. Cf. F. léthargique.]
A. adj.
1. Affected with lethargy or morbid drowsiness.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. xxix. (1495) 791 The litargik man that hath the slepynge euyll. 1720Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 528 He was very lethargic, and was cupped.
b. transf. Affected with inertness or inactivity; dull, sleepy, sluggish, apathetic.
1612Donne Progr. Soul 2nd Anniv. 64 To be thus stupid is Alacritie; Men thus Lethargique have best Memory. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Poems Wks. (1711) 31 Blind and Lethargick of thy heavenly Grace. 1752Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 153 [Nature] allows not such noble faculties to lie lethargic. 1817J. Scott Paris Revisit. (ed. 4) 58 The numerous, populous, bustling, and neat towns of that country, are likely to present..striking contrasts to the lethargic Flemish cities. 1835Lytton Rienzi x. vi, Those he employed were lukewarm and lethargic. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. I. iii. 83 The exiles of a year had grown familiar with the favorite amusement of the lethargic Indians; and they introduced into England the general use of tobacco.
2. Of or belonging to a state of lethargy.
1595Jas. VI to Q. Eliz. in Lett. (Camd.) lviii. 111 That ye quho uas so uachfull..as..to foruairne me of my perrell,..should nou, in the uerrie heicht..thairof, be fallen in so lethargique a sleip, as [etc.]. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Poems Wks. (1711) 25 Sin's lethargick Sleep. a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. x. §81 His constitution and temper might very well incline him to the Lethargick indisposition of which he dyed. 1692Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) II. 501 The lord Trevors is said to be recovered of a lethargick fitt. 1734tr. Rollin's Anc. Hist. (1827) I. 132 They sank into a lethargic sloth and effeminacy. 1844Lever T. Burke xxxv. (1857) 340 My lethargic apathy increased upon me. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xxx. (1856) 262, I felt that lethargic numbness mentioned in the story books. 1860Motley Netherl. (1868) II. xviii. 422 The lethargic condition of Germany rendered such threats superfluous. 1875H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 228 In three to six hours he comes out of his lethargic condition.
3. Causing lethargy.
1715–20Pope Iliad xv. 876 Too long Jove lull'd us with lethargic charms. c1765T. Flloyd Tartarian T. (1785) 127/1 A lethargick vapour deprived me of my senses. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. v, Found to possess lethargic properties.
B. n. A lethargic person; one who is affected with lethargy. ? Obs.
c1470Harding Chron. ccxl. xxvii, The frowarde heretykes That..strayen oute as they were litargykes. 1694Salmon Bate's Dispens. (1713) 58/2 It..revives Apoplecticks and Lethargicks. 1750tr. Leonardus' Mirr. Stones 136 (216) The white, we think, restores health to the lunatic and lethargic.
Hence † leˈthargicness.
1633G. Herbert Temple, Ch.-Porch lvi, A grain of glorie mixt with humblenesse Cures both a fever and lethargicknesse. 1727in Bailey vol. II. |