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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness);
[syn: lethargy, lassitude, sluggishness]

2. weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy;
[syn: inanition, lassitude, lethargy, slackness]

3. inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy;
- Example: "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends"
[syn: languor, lethargy, sluggishness, phlegm, flatness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lethargy \Leth"ar*gy\ (-j[y^]), n.; pl. -gies (-j[i^]z). [F.
   l['e]thargie, L. lethargia, Gr. lhqargi`a, fr. lh`qargos
   forgetful, fr. lh`qh forgetfulness. See Lethe.]
   1. Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which
      a person can scarcely be awaked.
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   2. A state of inaction or indifference.
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            Europe lay then under a deep lethargy. --Atterbury.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lethargy \Leth"ar*gy\, v. t.
   To lethargize. [Obs.] --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lethargy
    n 1: a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
         [syn: lethargy, lassitude, sluggishness]
    2: weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy [syn:
       inanition, lassitude, lethargy, slackness]
    3: inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general
       appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends" [syn:
       languor, lethargy, sluggishness, phlegm, flatness]