lethargy

Other forms of lethargy

plural

lethargies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lethargy

What does lethargy mean?

lethargy means "a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lethargy?

lethargy has 3 syllables: let-har-gy. The stress falls on "let". In IPA it is /ˈlɛθɚdʒi/.

What is another word for lethargy?

Close synonyms include lassitude, sluggishness, inanition, lassitude, slackness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lethargy a common word?

lethargy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.