Monday, 9 March 2026
hebetude
noun
The state of being dull or lethargic. A mental bluntness that resists sharpening.
Nuance
From Latin hebes, dull: more specific than "dullness," hebetude implies a felt thickness of mind, a slowness that is almost physical.
“A hebetude had settled over the office after the announcement, no one could concentrate.”