insensate vs lew

insensate

adj
  • Unfeeling, heartless, cruel, insensitive. 

  • Not responsive to sensory stimuli. 

  • Senseless; foolish; irrational. 

  • Having no sensation or consciousness; unconscious; inanimate. 

noun
  • One who is insensate. 

verb
  • To render insensate; to deprive of sensation or consciousness. 

lew

adj
  • Sickly-looking, pale, wan. 

  • Weak. 

  • Lukewarm, tepid. 

  • Alee: protected from the wind. 

verb
  • To make warm or lukewarm. 

  • To shelter from the wind. 

noun
  • Warmth, heat. 

  • A shelter from the wind, particularly temporary structures raised by shepherds to protect their flocks. 

How often have the words insensate and lew occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )