hebetude

hebetude
hebetudinous, adj.
/heb"i toohd', -tyoohd'/, n.
the state of being dull; lethargy.
[1615-25; < LL hebetudo dullness, bluntness, equiv. to L hebet- (s. of hebes) dull + -udo; see -TUDE]

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