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  • 31Listless — List less, a. [OE. listles, lustles. See {Lust}.] Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless. A listless unconcern. Thomson. [1913 Webster] Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain. Dryden. [1913 Webster] I was… …

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  • 32Listlessly — Listless List less, a. [OE. listles, lustles. See {Lust}.] Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless. A listless unconcern. Thomson. [1913 Webster] Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain. Dryden. [1913 Webster] I… …

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  • 33Listlessness — Listless List less, a. [OE. listles, lustles. See {Lust}.] Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless. A listless unconcern. Thomson. [1913 Webster] Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain. Dryden. [1913 Webster] I… …

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  • 34Numb — (n[u^]m), a. [OE. nume, nome, prop., seized, taken, p. p. of nimen to take, AS. niman, p. p. numen. [root]7. See {Nimble}, {Nomad}, and cf. {Benumb}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered… …

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  • 35Stark — (st[aum]rk), a. [Compar. {Starker} ( [ e]r); superl. {Starkest}.] [OE. stark stiff, strong, AS. stearc; akin to OS. starc strong, D. sterk, OHG. starc, starah, G. & Sw. stark, Dan. st[ae]rk, Icel. sterkr, Goth. gasta[ u]rknan to become dried up,… …

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  • 36Starker — Stark Stark (st[aum]rk), a. [Compar. {Starker} ( [ e]r); superl. {Starkest}.] [OE. stark stiff, strong, AS. stearc; akin to OS. starc strong, D. sterk, OHG. starc, starah, G. & Sw. stark, Dan. st[ae]rk, Icel. sterkr, Goth. gasta[ u]rknan to… …

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  • 37Starkest — Stark Stark (st[aum]rk), a. [Compar. {Starker} ( [ e]r); superl. {Starkest}.] [OE. stark stiff, strong, AS. stearc; akin to OS. starc strong, D. sterk, OHG. starc, starah, G. & Sw. stark, Dan. st[ae]rk, Icel. sterkr, Goth. gasta[ u]rknan to… …

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  • 38Torpent — Tor pent, a. [L. torpens, p. pr. of torpere to be numb.] Having no motion or activity; incapable of motion; benumbed; torpid. [Obs.] Evelyn. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 39Torpid — Tor pid (t[^o]r p[i^]d), a. [L. torpidus, fr. torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid; of uncertain origin.] 1. Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb. [1913 Webster] Without heat all things would …

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  • 40clumsy — adjective (clumsier; est) Etymology: probably from obsolete English clumse benumbed with cold Date: circa 1598 1. a. lacking dexterity, nimbleness, or grace < clumsy fingers > b. lackin …

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