lethargic

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. Sluggish, slow.
  2. Indifferent, apathetic.

Frequenz

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ləˈθɑɹd͡ʒɪk/
Etymologie (Englisch)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ληθαργικός (lēthargikós), from λήθαργος (lḗthargos, “forgetful, lethargic”), from λήθη (lḗthē, “a forgetting, forgetfulness”) (from which Lethe (“river in Hades”)) + ἀργός (argós, “not working”). By surface analysis, lethargy + -ic.

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