lethargy

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LETH'ARGY, noun [Latin lethargia; Gr. oblivion and idle.] 1. Preternatural sleepiness; morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked, and if awaked, remains stupid. 2. Dullness; inaction; inattention. Europe lay them under a deep lethargy LETH'ARGY, verb transitive To make lethargic or dull.
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