Meaning of LETHARGY
| Pronunciation: | | 'lethurjee
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- [n] inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
- [n] weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
- [n] a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
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| | Synonyms: | | inanition, languor, lassitude, lassitude, phlegm, sluggishness, sluggishness |
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| | See Also: | | hebetude, inactiveness, inactivity, inertia, torpidity, torpor, weakness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Leth"ar*gy\ (-j[y^]), n.; pl. {-gies} (-j[i^]z). [F.
l['e]thargie, L. lethargia, Gr. lhqargi`a, fr. lh`qargos
forgetful, fr. lh`qh forgetfulness. See {Lethe}.]
1. Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which
a person can scarcely be awaked.
2. A state of inaction or indifference.
Europe lay then under a deep lethargy. --Atterbury.
\Leth"ar*gy\, v. t.
To lethargize. [Obs.] --Shak.
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| | Definition: | | Indifference, inattention, and lack of energy. |
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| | Related Terms: | | abstraction, abulia, acedia, alienation, aloofness, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, asininity, ataraxia, ataraxy, benumbedness, blah, blahs, blockishness, boobishness, boorishness, boredom, bovinity, catalepsy, catatonic stupor, cloddishness, coma, comatoseness, compulsion, crassness, crudeness, dejection, denseness, density, depression, detachment, dimness, dim-wittedness, disinterest, dispassion, disregard, dolce far niente, doltishness, doziness, drowsiness, dullardism, dullness, dull-wittedness, dumbness, duncery, elation, emotionalism, encephalitis lethargica, enervation, ennui, euphoria, exhaustion, fatigue, folie du doute, grossness, heartlessness, heaviness, hebetude, heedlessness, high, hopelessness, hypochondria, hysteria, hysterics, idleness, impassivity, inactivity, inanimation, inanition, inappetence, indifference, indolence, inertia, inertness, insensibility, insouciance, jadedness, lack of appetite, lackadaisicalness, languidness, languishment, languor, languorousness, lassitude, laziness, lenitude, lentor, lethargicalness, lifelessness, listlessness, loutishness, lumpishness, mania, melancholia, mental distress, narcohypnosis, narcolepsy, narcoma, narcosis, narcotic stupor, narcotization, ninnyism, nod, nonchalance, numbness, oafdom, oafishness, obsession, obtuseness, opacity, oscitancy, oscitation, pandiculation, passiveness, passivity, pathological indecisiveness, phlegm, phlegmaticalness, phlegmaticness, plucklessness, preoccupation, psychalgia, psychomotor disturbance, resignation, resignedness, satedness, sedation, shock, simpletonianism, sleep, sleepiness, sleeping sickness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, slumber, somnolence, somnolency, sopor, soporifousness, sottishness, spiritlessness, spunklessness, stolidity, stretching, stupefaction, stupidity, stupor, supineness, swoon, thanatosis, thick-headedness, thick-wittedness, tic, tiredness, torpidity, torpidness, torpitude, torpor, trance, twitching, unconcern, unmindfulness, unresponsiveness, unteachability, weakness, weariness, withdrawal, withdrawnness, world-weariness, wrongheadedness, yawning, yokelism |
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