hebetude
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- hebetudinous adjective
Etymology
Origin of hebetude
First recorded in 1615–25; from Late Latin hebetūdō “dullness, bluntness,” equivalent to Latin hebet- (stem of hebes ) “dull” + -ūdō; -tude
Example Sentences
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He detested the mob for its human hebetude.
From Time Magazine Archive
So full of hebetude is the film that baseball fans squirmed, bit thumbs, made unpleasant faces.
From Time Magazine Archive
Great hebetude and torpor have marked some epidemics.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
In the doorway Stevie, calmed, seemed sunk in hebetude.
From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Conrad, Joseph
This hebetude of all faculty was the merciful, protecting method that Nature took with her, dimming the lamp of consciousness until the wounded creature could gain sufficient resiliency to bear a full realization of life.
From Clark's Field by Herrick, Robert
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