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languor

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lan⋅guor

  [lang-ger]
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–noun
1. lack of energy or vitality; sluggishness.
2. lack of spirit or interest; listlessness; stagnation.
3. physical weakness or faintness.
4. emotional softness or tenderness.
Origin:
1250–1300; < L (see languish, -or 1 ); r. ME langour sickness, woe < OF < L
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lan·guor   (lāng'gər, lāng'ər)   
n.  

  1. Lack of physical or mental energy; listlessness. See Synonyms at lethargy.

  2. A dreamy, lazy mood or quality: "It was hot, yet with a sweet languor about it" (Theodore Dreiser).

  3. Oppressive quiet or stillness.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, from languēre, to be languid; see languish.]
lan'guor·ous adj., lan'guor·ous·ly adv., lan'guor·ous·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

languor 
c.1300, "disease, distress, mental suffering," from O.Fr. languor, from L. languorem (nom. languor) "faintness, feebleness, lassitude," from languere "be weak or faint" (see lax). Sense shifted to "faintness, weariness" (1656) and "habitual want of energy" (1825).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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