Relating to or characterized by hebetude; marked by dullness, stupidity, or mental sluggishness.
From Latin hebēs + Greek -ic, a suffix forming adjectives. This word combines the Latin root meaning 'dull' with the Greek adjectival marker to create a medical or philosophical descriptive term.
Psychiatry used to describe certain mental conditions as 'hebetic'—it's a medical cousin of hebetude that emphasizes the condition as a clinical state rather than just a feeling.
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