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hebetudes

hebetudes is the plural of hebetude.

Meaning of hebetude

Noun

hebetude (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) Mental lethargy or dullness.
    • The intemperature of the braine is the cause of al this (as phisitions affirme) which maketh all the officiall, and functiue parts full of heauines and indisposition, and so through this hebetude (to vse their terme) vnapt to keepe in minde any thing.1600, translation attributed to Thomas Nashe, The Hospitall of Incurable Fooles by Tomaso Garzoni, London: Edward Blount, Discourse 6, pp. 32-33

Questions about hebetudes

What is hebetudes the plural of?
Hebetudes is the plural of hebetude.

Words near hebetudes in the dictionary

  1. hebetating
  2. hebetation
  3. hebete
  4. hebetic
  5. hebetude
  6. hebetudes
  7. hebetudinosity
  8. hebetudinous
  9. Hebi
  10. hebiatrics
  11. Hebner

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