languorous

[lang-ger-uhs] Example Sentences

lan·guor·ous

[lang-ger-uhs]
adjective
1.
characterized by languor; languid.
2.
inducing languor: languorous fragrance.

Origin:
1480–90; languor + -ous

lan·guor·ous·ly, adverb
lan·guor·ous·ness, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To languorous

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Languorous is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example Sentences
  • Toward the end of the movie, she's barely awake, and her languorous exhaustion takes on a tragic dimension.
  • Some writers create indelible worlds in a manner that is at once fervent and languorous.
  • My first taste, a languorous spoonful of whipped cream, was not too sweet.
EXPAND
Collins
World English Dictionary
languorous (ˈlæŋɡərəs)
 
adj
1.  characterized by or producing languor
2.  another word for languid
 
languorously
 
adv
 
languorousness
 
n

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT