OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 18514

lethargy

/ˈlɛθ.ə(ɹ).d͡ʒi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aletargamiento • atonía • letargo • sopor
A state of extreme torpor, sopor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness.
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 mo…
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