lassitude

American  

[las-i-tood, -tyood] / ˈlæs ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /

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.

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lassitude British  

/ ˈlæsɪˌtjuːd /

noun

1. physical or mental weariness

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Etymology

Origin of lassitude

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

Example Sentences

And it carried an implicit warning: If America ever ceases to be as Hilda—godly, uncompromising, moral, dutiful and good—the moss-covered lassitude of Hawthorne’s Rome awaits us too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

His tone, however, belied the lassitude of a man who increasingly struggles to hide his age behind all that makeup.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025

There were moments during my screening at which I thought I was attending an exorcism; the movie makes you feel thrown by the power of cinema to shake us out of our lassitude.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2024

That lassitude has created a real shortage of goodwill in Albany, and few are going to feel that they owe Hochul a favor in getting her nominee across the finish line.

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2022

There’s a kind of hush and lassitude until that first snow, with the light waning and the last moose-maple leaves dangling from the branches like seaweed.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood