different between unexcited vs lethargic

English

Etymology

un- +? excited

Adjective

unexcited (comparative more unexcited, superlative most unexcited)

1. Not feeling excitement or keen interest; placid; bored.

   Having seen the film twice before, I felt distinctly unexcited at the prospect of a third viewing.

2. Not in a state of excitation.
   • 1759, Literary Memoirs of Germany and the North

     From some excited bodies there proceeds for a certain distance to others unexcited, a light, which is reflected from the latter to the former, and in the reflexion snaps; and which upon touching the skin of a man or beast is felt with a smarting: This snapping light is call'd the electrical Sparks.

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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

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