lassitude
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French lassitude, from Latin lassitūdō (“faintness, weariness”), from lassus (“faint, weary”), perhaps for *ladtus, and thus akin to E. late.
[edit] Noun
lassitude (plural lassitudes)
- Lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue.
- Listlessness or languor.
[edit] Quotations
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VII
- Rufus Dawes, though his eyelids would scarcely keep open, and a terrible lassitude almost paralysed his limbs, eagerly drank in the whispered sentence.
- 2004, "Is Slacking the Only Way to Survive the Office?," The Scotsman (Edinburgh), 16 Aug,
- In order to appear busy, one should pace around the office clutching files.... The best part of this ancient ritual is that it tends to make one's colleagues look away—just in case you and your papers are going to interrupt their own lassitude.
- 2004, Rob Hughes, "Soccer: The Olympic Flame Running Low on Fuel," International Herald Tribune (Paris), 11 Aug.,
- At Euro 2004 and the 2002 World Cup, Blatter commented this week, many stars were physically and mentally exhausted, and left an aftertaste of nonchalance and lassitude.
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[edit] External links
- lassitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- lassitude in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- lassitude at OneLook Dictionary Search
[edit] French
[edit] Noun
lassitude f. (plural lassitudes)
