hebetant

See also: hébétant

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛbɪtənt/

Adjective

hebetant (comparative more hebetant, superlative most hebetant)

1. (obsolete) Causing lethargy.
   • a. 1834, Charles Lamb, Curious Fragments extracted from a common-place book, which belonged to Robert Burton […] :

     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 […]

Latin

Verb

hebetant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of hebetō