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lethargie

lethargie is the obsolete spelling of lethargy.

Meaning of lethargy

Noun

lethargy (countable and uncountable, plural lethargies)

  1. A state of extreme torpor, sopor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness.
    • Europe lay then under a deep lethargy.1687, Francis Atterbury, An Answer to Some Considerations on the Spirit of Martin Luther and the Original of the Reformation at Oxford, page 42
  2. A condition characterized by extreme fatigue or drowsiness, deep unresponsiveness, or prolonged sleep patterns.
    • This Apoplexie is (as I take it) a kind of Lethargie, a sleeping of the blood, a horson Tingling.c. 1599, William Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 2

Forms of lethargie

plurallethargies

Questions about lethargie

What is lethargie the obsolete spelling of?
Lethargie is the obsolete spelling of lethargy.

Words near lethargie in the dictionary

  1. lethargic
  2. lethargical
  3. lethargically
  4. lethargick
  5. lethargicness
  6. lethargie
  7. lethargied
  8. lethargies
  9. lethargise
  10. lethargised
  11. lethargises

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