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===Noun=== ===Noun===
{{en-noun|~|lethargies}}

# {{context|pathology|lang=en}} A condition characterized by extreme ] or drowsiness, or prolonged sleep patterns. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
#* '''c. 1599''', {{w|William Shakespeare}}, ''King Henry IV, Part 2'': #* '''c. 1599''', {{w|William Shakespeare}}, ''King Henry IV, Part 2'':
#*: This Apoplexie is (as I take it) a kind of '''Lethargie''', a sleeping of the blood, a horson Tingling. #*: This Apoplexie is (as I take it) a kind of '''Lethargie''', a sleeping of the blood, a horson Tingling.
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|letargo|m}}, {{t|es|aletargamiento|m}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|letargo|m}}, {{t|es|aletargamiento|m}}
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{{trans-top|state of extreme torpor or apathy}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|թմրածություն|tr=tʿmracutʿyun|sc=Armn}}, {{t|hy|անտարբերություն|tr=antarberutʿyun|sc=Armn}}, {{t|hy|լեթարգիա|tr=letʿargia|sc=Armn}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|letargia|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|暮氣|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|暮气|tr=mùqì|sc=Hani}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|letargia}}; {{t|fi|uupumus}}, {{t|fi|saamattomuus}}
* French: {{qualifier|figurative}} {{t+|fr|léthargie|f}}, {{t+|fr|nonchalance|f}}
* German: {{t|de|Trägheit|f}}, {{t+|de|Lethargie|f}}, {{t|de|Teilnahmslosigkeit|f}}, {{t|de|Interesselosigkeit|f}}, {{t+|de|Nonchalance|f}}
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* Greek: {{t+|el|λήθαργος|m|sc=Grek}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|無関心|tr=むかんしん, mukanshin|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|昏睡|tr=こんすい, konsui|sc=Jpan}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|letargie|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|апатичность|f|tr=apatíčnost'|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|летаргия|f|tr=letargíja|sc=Cyrl}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|atonía|f}}, {{t+|es|letargo|m}}, {{t|es|aletargamiento|m}}, {{t+|es|sopor|m}}
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Noun

    • c. 1599, William Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 2:
      This Apoplexie is (as I take it) a kind of Lethargie, a sleeping of the blood, a horson Tingling.
    • 2003, Amanda Ripley, "At Last, the Pill for Men", Time, 20 Oct 2003:
      So in order to avoid unpleasant side effects like lethargy and sexual dysfunction, most recent trials also gave men testosterone supplements.
  1. A state of extreme torpor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion or interest; loosely, sluggishness, laziness. Template:Defdate
    • Atterbury
      Europe lay then under a deep lethargy.
    • 1995, Bruce W Nelan, "Crime and Punishment", Time, 20 Mar 1995:
      Yakovlev, one of the architects of the reforms put in place by Mikhail Gorbachev, says he too is "amazed" at the government's lethargy.
    • 2008, Nick Fletcher, The Guardian, 9 May 2008:
      The increase in mining stocks helped the FTSE 100 shake off some earlier lethargy and close 9.8 points higher at 6270.8, despite the disappointment of unchanged UK interest rates.

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