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hebetude

[heb-i-tood, -tyood] / ˈhɛb ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /


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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

It is always preceded by an uncomfortable feeling in the head, and pain in the back, mental hebetude, and slight depression.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism by Ellis, Havelock

Upon admission patient has a good deal of hebetude, face flushed, temperature 102°, pulse 106, tongue slightly coated, moist.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

"A debauched old fellow," says Friedrich; "gone all to hebetude by his labors in that line; agrees always with the last speaker."

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 15 by Carlyle, Thomas




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