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lethargies

lethargies is the plural 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

Questions about lethargies

What is lethargies the plural of?
Lethargies is the plural of lethargy.

Words near lethargies in the dictionary

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

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