hebetude
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of hebetude
First recorded in 1615–25; from Late Latin hebetūdō “dullness, bluntness,” equivalent to Latin hebet- (stem of hebes ) “dull” + -ūdō; see -tude
Example Sentences
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So full of hebetude is the film that baseball fans squirmed, bit thumbs, made unpleasant faces.
From Time Magazine Archive
He detested the mob for its human hebetude.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jaffery rose from his knees and regarded her in the hebetude of reaction.
From Jaffery by Locke, William John
Now that his mariner's nose was turned toward the sea once again after his two years of landsman's hebetude, all his seaman's instinct, all his seaman's caution, revived.
From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Day, Holman
We are on the eve of a Jubilee Year, when the halcyon shall plume his wing, and we shall hear much oratorical trash and hebetude about the peacefulness of this happy reign.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by O'Shea, John Augustus
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