Thursday, August 6, 2009


Word of the Day for Thursday, August 6, 2009

hebetude \HEB-uh-tood-; -tyood\, noun:

Mental dullness or sluggishness.

The B.O.'s hebetude of leadership is going to be the ruination of this country!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

Hebetude derives ultimately from Latin hebes, "blunt, dull, mentally dull, sluggish, stupid." The adjective form is hebetudinous.

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