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Hebetude - Definition of Hebetude at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Hebetude. Word of the Day and Crossword Puzzles. ... Use hebetude in a Sentence...
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Word of the Day - Learn one new word everyday on Dictionary.com ... William Hazlitt considered Wordsworth's success an accident of history. "Had he lived in any other period ... he would never have been heard of. As it is, he has some difficulty to contend with the hebetude of his intellect."
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Definition of hebetude in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of hebetude. Pronunciation of hebetude. Translations of hebetude. hebetude synonyms, hebetude antonyms. Information about hebetude in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. ... hebetude - mental lethargy or dullness...
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The splendid word 'hebetude', a favourite of Joseph Conrad, deserves to be better known than it is. ... It made an appearance in August 2001 in the columns of The Washington Post: “Too many Americans slouch toward a terminal funk of hebetude and sloth”.
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Definition of hebetude from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... Learn more about "hebetude" and related topics at Britannica.com...
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Notes: Hebetude is the noun for the rather archaic adjective hebete "dull, mentally slow", not often used any more—but it is still out there in really, really comprehensive dictionaries. If this word is too short for you, please feel free to substitute hebetudinous, which has the same meaning.
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hebetude (uncountable) ... for Eastern government rested not so much on consent or force, as on the common supinity, hebetude, lack-a-daisiness, which gave a minority undue effect.
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Synonyms for hebetude at Thesaurus.com with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Dictionary and Word of the Day. ... hebetude - 1 thesaurus result...
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