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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Lethargy

/(-jy̆)/ · Leth·ar·gy · IPA /ˈlɛθ.ə(ɹ).d͡ʒi/
01 n. Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked.
pl. -gies ((-jĭz))
  1. 1.
    Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked.
  2. 2.
    A state of inaction or indifference.
    “Europe lay then under a deep lethargy.” Atterbury.
02 v. t. To lethargize.
  1. 1.
    To lethargize.[Obs.]