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French
Etymology
From hébéter. Compare Italian ebete.
Pronunciation
Adjective
hébété (feminine hébétée, masculine plural hébétés, feminine plural hébétées)
- stupefied, dazed
1947, Boris Vian, L'écume des jours, Kindle edition:Il avait l’air hébété ; quelque chose gonflait la poche intérieure de son veston et de temps à autre il portait la main à sa poitrine.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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