Definitions for hebetude

hebetude heb·e·tude

Spelling: [heb-i-tood, -tyood]
IPA: /ˈhɛb ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud/

Hebetude is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 105 anagrams from letters in hebetude (bdeeehtu).

Definitions for hebetude

noun

  1. the state of being dull; lethargy.

Origin of hebetude

1615-25; Late Latin hebetūdō dullness, bluntness, equivalent to Latin hebet- (stem of hebes) dull + -ūdō; see -tude

Examples for hebetude

An increasing indisposition to mental effort, some hebetude of mind, and a gradually deepening despondency are felt.

As the disease progresses the hebetude becomes more profound and is overcome with greater difficulty.

He has hebetude and some delirium, though not very active; he is deaf.

Jaffery rose from his knees and regarded her in the hebetude of reaction.

As it is, he has some difficulty to contend with the hebetude of his intellect, and the meanness of his subject.

I am set up by a beneficent providence at the corner of the road, to warn you to flee from the hebetude that is to follow.

Word Value for hebetude
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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