languor
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From the Middle English langour, langor, from the Old French langueur, from Latin languor (“faintness, languor”), from languere (“to feel faint, languish”).
Noun[edit]
languor (countable and uncountable; plural languors)
- (uncountable) a state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling: lassitude
- languor of convalescence
- (countable) listless indolence; dreaminess
- a certain languor in the air hinted at an early summer -- James Purdy
- (uncountable) dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigor; stagnation
- from languor she passed to the lightest vivacity -- Elinor Wylie
- (obsolete, countable) An enfeebling disease; suffering
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External links[edit]
- languor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- languor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- languor at OneLook Dictionary Search
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From langueō.
Noun[edit]
languor (genitive languōris); m, third declension
Inflection[edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | languor | languōrēs |
| genitive | languōris | languōrum |
| dative | languōrī | languōribus |
| accusative | languōrem | languōrēs |
| ablative | languōre | languōribus |
| vocative | languor | languōrēs |
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin languor.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: [la̠ŋˈguo̞ɾ]
Noun[edit]
languor m (plural languors)
- (rare) languor
