hebetation
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin hebetatio: compare French hébétation.
Noun edit
hebetation (uncountable)
- (archaic, figurative) The act of making blunt, dull, or stupid.
- (archaic, figurative) The state of being blunted or dulled.
References edit
- “hebetation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.