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languor

[ lang-ger ]

noun

  1. lack of energy or vitality; sluggishness.
  2. lack of spirit or interest; listlessness; stagnation.
  3. physical weakness or faintness.
  4. emotional softness or tenderness.


languor

/ ˈlæŋɡə /

noun

  1. physical or mental laziness or weariness
  2. a feeling of dreaminess and relaxation
  3. oppressive silence or stillness


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Word History and Origins

Origin of languor1

1250–1300; < Latin ( languish, -or 1 ); replacing Middle English langour sickness, woe < Old French < Latin

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Word History and Origins

Origin of languor1

C14 langour, via Old French from Latin languor, from languēre to languish; the modern spelling is directly from Latin

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Example Sentences

With her books, her beach chair and an ice-cream Will has brought her, she’s ready for some glorious languor.

From Time

There was no active disease, indeed, but a general languor and weakness, which foretokened dissolution.

That vast perpetual movement ceases; a sort of drowsiness and languor overspreads it; and it seems weary and about to rest.

The languor which had weighed upon her so long had all of once given way to boisterous activity.

Fifteen months after these memorable words, Bizarre expired of languor and exhaustion.

After spending an hour or two in an atmosphere of this kind, we found ourselves perceptibly affected with languor and dizziness.

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