English
Etymology
Middle English langour, langor, from Old French, from Latin languor, from langure to feel faint, languish -- more at slack
Noun
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#a state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling: lassitude <languor of convalescence>
#listless indolence: dreaminess
#:certain languor in the air hinted at an early summer -- wikipedia:James Purdy|James Purdy
#dullness, sluggishness: lack of vigor: stagnation
#:from languor she passed to the lightest vivacity -- wikipedia:Elinor Wylie|Elinor Wylie
#obsolete. enfeebling disease: suffering
Translations
French: langueur
io:languor
ru:languor
vi:languor
zh:languor
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