languescent

English

Etymology

From Latin; see languescō.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

languescent (not comparable)

1. (rare) Becoming fatigued or languid.
   • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):

     [S]carcely have the languescent mercenary Fifteen Thousand laid down their tools […]

   • 1939, British common people, 1746-1938, page 139:

     It had long been languescent and its revival in 1791 was due to the energy of Home Tooke; its membership was chiefly middle-class.

   • 2002, Frances Myers, Swan: A Novel, →ISBN, page 217:

     She arrived at the cabin at that late hour of the evening when the languescent river darkened to green-black satin, […]

Latin

Verb

languēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of languēscō