What is the Latin word for dully?

The usual Latin words for “dully” are languidus, lentus, frīgidus; also ignārus, sēgnis, tardus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“dully” in Latin

languidusfaint, weak; dull, languid; sluggish, slow lentussticky, tenacious; slow, sluggish; flexible, pliant frīgiduscold, cool, chilling, frigid; indifferent, feeble; dull, flat, insipid, trivial, pointless, vain ignārusignorant, unaware, not knowing; incapable, incompetent, unable sēgnisslow, tardy, torpid, inactive, unenergetic, lazy tardusslow, sluggish; tardy; late, lingering

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

dully

languide: lente: frigide [SYN. in DULL, adjective]: hebete colore (Ov., of a dull color): ignare: pigre: segniter: tarde (= lazily, etc.).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for dully?: The usual Latin words for “dully” are languidus, lentus, frīgidus; also ignārus, sēgnis, tardus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.