How to pronounce hebetude
American English pronunciation
HEB-ih-tood
- IPA
- /ˈhɛbɪˌtud/
- Syllables
- HEB · ih · tood (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What hebetude means
A dull sleepy state of body or mind
In a sentence: A long warm lecture put the whole room into hebetude.
Where it comes from: From Latin hebetudo, meaning dullness.
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