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HEBETUDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hebetude mean?
• HEBETUDE (noun)
The noun HEBETUDE has 1 sense:
1. mental lethargy or dullness
Familiarity information: HEBETUDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mental lethargy or dullness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("hebetude" is a kind of...):
lassitude; lethargy; sluggishness (a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness))
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