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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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