languishment
[ lang-gwish-muh nt ]
/ ˈlæŋ gwɪʃ mənt /
noun Archaic.
the act or state of languishing.
a languishing expression.
Nearby words
languet, languette, languid, languish, languishing, languishment, languor, languorous, langur, lani-, laniakea
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Examples from the Web for languishment
There is more in disease than the mere pang and languishment.
Hypolympia|Edmund GosseHe seems to have wasted life in discontent, by the rage of neglected pride, and the languishment of unsatisfied desire.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes|Samuel JohnsonWithout health life is only a languishment and an image of death.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete.|Francois RabelaisIn whom can hardness of heart, sloth, rancour, languishment stand before that name?
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor