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hebetant

/ˈhɛbɪtənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
he-be-tant
IPA
/ˈhɛbɪtənt/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Causing lethargy.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

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Inflected Forms

more hebetant (comparative) most hebetant (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce hebetant?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɛbɪtənt/.
What does hebetant mean?
Causing lethargy.
Where does hebetant come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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