lassitude

[ las-i-tood, -tyood ]
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noun
  1. weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor: It was yet another day of extreme heat and lassitude.

  2. a condition of lazy indifference: Democracy is hard work, and demands that citizens not drift into lassitude.

Origin of lassitude

1
First recorded in 1525–35; from Latin lassitūdō “weariness,” equivalent to lass(us) “weary” + -i- connecting vowel + -tūdō noun suffix; see -i-, -tude

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lassitude

/ (ˈlæsɪˌtjuːd) /


noun
  1. physical or mental weariness

Origin of lassitude

1
C16: from Latin lassitūdō, from lassus tired

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