hebete

See also: hébété and hébète

English

Etymology

From Latin hebes, hebetis (“dull, stupid”), from hebere (“to be dull”).

Adjective

hebete (comparative more hebete, superlative most hebete)

  1. (obsolete) unintelligent; stupid.
    • 1856, Marion Harland, Alone:
      the most hebete of created intelligences

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