hebetant

H4E1B3E1T1A1N1T1
/ˈhɛbɪtənt/

adjective

Causing lethargy.

OriginLatin hebetāns →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectivehebetant (comparative more hebetant, superlative most hebetant)

comparative more hebetant · superlative most hebetant

  1. obsoleteCausing lethargy.

    This morning, May 2, 1662, having first broken my fast upon eggs and cooling salades, mellows, watercresses, those herbes, according to Villanovus his prescription, who disallows the use of meat in a morning as gross, fat, hebetant, feral, altogether fitter for wild beasts than man […]

    a. 1834, Charles Lamb, Curious Fragments extracted from a common-place book, which belonged to Robert Burton […]

Origin

  1. Latinhebetāns
  2. Englishhebetant

From Latin hebetāns, present participle of hebetō (“to dull, deaden”).

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APA

hebetant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hebetant

MLA

“hebetant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hebetant. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hebetant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hebetant.

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