different between groggy vs lethargic

English

Etymology

grog +? -y

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????.?i/
• Rhymes: -??i

Adjective

groggy (comparative groggier, superlative groggiest)

1. Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.

   The medicine made him groggy and irritable.

2. Of a horse: bearing wholly on its heels when trotting.

Descendants

• ? Czech: grogy / groggy
• ? French: groggy
• ? Spanish: grogui

Translations

Further reading

• groggy at OneLook Dictionary Search

Czech

Adjective

groggy

1. Alternative form of grogy

Further reading

• groggy in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
• groggy in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English groggy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.?i/

Adjective

groggy (invariable)

1. groggy

Further reading

• “groggy” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• lethargick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (l?thargikós), from ???????? (l?thargos, “forgetful, lethargic”), from ???? (l?th?, “a forgetting, forgetfulness”) (from which Lethe (“river in Hades”)) + ????? (argós, “not working”)

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /l?????d??k/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /l?????d??k/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l?????.d??k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d??k

Adjective

lethargic (comparative more lethargic, superlative most lethargic)

1. sluggish, slow
2. indifferent, apathetic

Synonyms

• torpid
• lazy
• unmoving

Related terms

• alethic, alethiology, philalethia
• lethargy
• Lethe

Translations