hebetude
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
Less common are the following: mental hebetude, lasting some days or even weeks after the close of the last paroxysm, or, as in a case of Carter's, gradually increasing mental feebleness, terminating in imbecility.
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 Joseph Conrad
He has hebetude and some delirium, though not very active; he is deaf.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
