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Word entry · 8 letters

lethargy

Best crossword clue

"Listlessness"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈlɛθ.ə(ɹ).d͡ʒi/Part of speech nounSorted aeghlrtyStarts with LEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy

Word origin

From Middle English litargie, from Medieval Latin litargia, from Late Latin lēthārgia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ (lēthārgĭ́ā, “drowsiness”), from λήθᾱργος (lḗthārgos, “forgetful, lethargic”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, adjectival suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • Europe lay then under a deep lethargy.
  • Gradually the darkened room seems to emerge from its shadows; familiar objects strike upon the senses—and memory is never so terribly distinct as on its first reviving from such momentary lethargy.
  • Yakovlev, one of the architects of the reforms put in place by Mikhail Gorbachev, says he too is "amazed" at the government's lethargy.

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