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Derived Forms
- ˈlanguorously, adverb
- ˈlanguorousness, noun
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Other Words From
- languor·ous·ly adverb
- languor·ous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of languorous1
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Example Sentences
Each work is a pithy marvel that captures the languorous excitement (and sometimes the radiant gloom) of a summer day to remember.
The garden in the close was one mass of brilliant color, and the air was overpoweringly languorous with the sweet fragrance.
He fitted in with the languorous island existence, but he had come for business, and he lost not much time.
Warm, still, languorous days would come, but that first feeling of unreality would remain permanent.
A languorous, redolent air just stirred the waving grain, on which rested a glossy shimmer.
A lime tree, whose leaves were stirred by the languorous breeze, kept tapping against the window.
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