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lethargy
/ˈlɛθ ər dʒi/
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What does lethargy mean?
noun
- A state of extreme torpor, sopor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness.
- A condition characterized by extreme fatigue or drowsiness, deep unresponsiveness, or prolonged sleep patterns.
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/ˈlɛθ ər dʒi/
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If she kills or throws them off, she will shake loose from the material lethargy and seek to live in morality and spirituality.
But the possibility which now suggested itself that one of the shapes might be the shape of Terence roused her from her melancholy lethargy.
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I would have got out to make certain on the point, but some leaden lethargy seemed to chain my limbs and even my will.
Vitality had not altogether departed, and she was aroused by the caresses of her lover from the lethargy which had been mistaken for death.
In lethargy and catalepsy the perspiration very often has a cadaverous odor, which has probably occasionally led to a mistaken diagnosis of death.