languor
- lack of energy or vitality; sluggishness.
- lack of spirit or interest; listlessness; stagnation.
- physical weakness or faintness.
- emotional softness or tenderness.
Origin of languor
Related Words for languor
inactivity, tiredness, torpor, apathy, weakness, laziness, idleness, listlessness, fatigue, dullness, inactionExamples from the Web for languor
Historical Examples of languor
Outside the door of the anaesthetizing-room Miss Harrison's languor vanished.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
Under her mask of languor, Carlotta's heart was beating wildly.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
Moderation is the languor and sloth of the soul, Ambition its activity and heat.
ReflectionsFrancois Duc De La Rochefoucauld
"I think I will go in," says Charlotte, with a pretence of languor.
The CavalierGeorge Washington Cable
No languor, no dull headache, no exhaustion, follows your experience.
The ForestStewart Edward White
languor
- physical or mental laziness or weariness
- a feeling of dreaminess and relaxation
- oppressive silence or stillness
Word Origin for languor
Word Origin and History for languor
c.1300, "disease, distress, mental suffering," from Old French langor "sickness, weakness" (Modern French langueur), from Latin languorem (nominative languor) "faintness, feebleness, lassitude," from languere "be weak or faint" (see lax). Sense shifted to "faintness, weariness" (1650s) and "habitual want of energy" (1825).