hebetation

== English == === Etymology === Latin hebetatio: compare French hébétation. === Noun === hebetation (uncountable) (archaic, figurative) The act of making blunt, dull, or stupid. (archaic, figurative) The state of being blunted or dulled. === References === “hebetation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.