Definition of lethargies Lethargies
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What does lethargies mean?
Wiktionary 
- lethargies (Noun)
Plural of lethargy.
Part of speech
🔤- lethargies, noun, plural of lethargy.
WordNet
NounPlural: lethargies |
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| lethargy - a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness) | ||
| lassitude, sluggishness | ||
| torpidity, torpor a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility; "he fell into a deep torpor" | ||
| lethargy - inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends" | ||
| languor, sluggishness, phlegm, flatness | ||
| inactiveness, inertia, inactivity a disposition to remain inactive or inert; "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work" | ||
| lethargy - weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy | ||
| inanition, lassitude, slackness | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- lethargy (n.)
Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked. - lethargy (n.)
A state of inaction or indifference. - lethargy (v. t.)
To lethargize.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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lethargy
A state of physical and/or mental weakness and a lack of vigor.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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lethargy
leth′ar-ji, n. heavy unnatural slumber: dullness.—v.t. (Shak.) to make lethargic.—adjs. Lethar′gic, -al, pertaining to lethargy: unnaturally sleepy: dull.—adv. Lethar′gically.—n. Lethar′gicness, the state of being lethargic: morbid sleepiness.—v.t. Leth′argise. [Fr.,—L.,—Gr. lēthargia, drowsy forgetfulness—lēthē, forgetfulness.]
Part of speech
🔤- lethargy, noun, singular of lethargies.
