hebetude

• We condescendingly bemoan the hebetude of those who could believe anything but our perspicacious positions. —  The Latest on Air America
• Davy Jones would die laughin', unless some one pounded him on the back to help him get his breath Now that his mariner's nose was turned toward the sea once again after his two years of landsman's hebetude, all his seaman's instinct, all his seaman's caution, revived. —  The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul
• When, sharpening sense's hebetude, —  Christmas Eve
• In the doorway Stevie, calmed, seemed sunk in hebetude. —  The Secret Agent; a Simple Tale
• Fear naught, for thou art safe from hurt, and leave this hebetude for 'tis a bad habit. " —  Arabian nights. English

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