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Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked.

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  1. n. Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked.
  2. n. A state of inaction or indifference.
  3. v. t. To lethargize.
  4. n. a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
  5. n. weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
  6. n. inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
  7. 1. Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked. 2. A state of inaction or indifference. Europe lay then under a deep lethargy. Atterbury. To lethargize. [Obs.] Shak.
  8. To lethargize. [Obs.] Shak.
  9. n:100 n. a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)