Lentitude

Lentitude
Lentitude Len"ti*tude (l[e^]n"t[i^]*t[=u]d), n. [L. lentitudo, fr. lentus slow: cf. OF. lentitude. See {Lent}, a.] Slowness; sluggishness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

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