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lan⋅guid

  [lang-gwid]
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–adjective
1. lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner.
2. lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent.
3. drooping or flagging from weakness or fatigue; faint.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L languidus faint. See languish, -id 4

Related forms:
lan⋅guid⋅ly, adverb
lan⋅guid⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. inactive, inert, sluggish, torpid. 2. spiritless. 3. weak, feeble, weary, exhausted, debilitated.

Antonyms:
1. active, energetic. 3. vigorous.
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lan·guid   (lāng'gwĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Lacking energy or vitality; weak: a languid wave of the hand.

  2. Showing little or no spirit or animation; listless: a languid mood.

  3. Lacking vigor or force; slow: languid breezes.


[French languide, from Latin languidus, from languēre, to be languid; see slēg- in Indo-European roots.]
lan'guid·ly adv., lan'guid·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

languid 
1597, from L. languidus "faint, listless," from languere "be weak or faint," from PIE base *(s)leg- "to be slack" (see lax).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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