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hebetudinous

hebetudinous adjective: displaying mental lethargy or dullness.

Adjective

hebetudinous (comparative more hebetudinous, superlative most hebetudinous)

  1. Displaying mental lethargy or dullness.
    • His hebetudinous lack of curiosity enraged the instructor.
    • Exclusive dedication to necessitous chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders Jack a hebetudinous fellow.

Forms of hebetudinous

comparativemore hebetudinous
superlativemost hebetudinous

Origin of hebetudinous

From Latin hebetūdin- + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin hebetūdō, from hebes + -tūdō, from hebeō. By surface analysis, hebetude + -ous.

Questions about hebetudinous

What does hebetudinous mean?
Hebetudinous means displaying mental lethargy or dullness.
What part of speech is hebetudinous?
Hebetudinous is an adjective.

Words near hebetudinous in the dictionary

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

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