dreamy, lackadaisical, languid, languorous
(adjective) lacking spirit or liveliness; “a lackadaisical attempt”; “a languid mood”; “a languid wave of the hand”; “a hot languorous afternoon”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
languid (comparative more languid, superlative most languid)
Lacking enthusiasm, energy, or strength; drooping or flagging from weakness, fatigue, or lack of energy
• Jonathan Swift
• Jane Austen
Heavy; dull; dragging; wanting spirit or animation; listless; apathetic.
• exhausted
• faint
• listless
• swear/sweer
• weak
• weary
languid (plural languids)
A languet in an organ (musical instrument).
• Gauldin, dualing, lauding
Source: Wiktionary
Lan"guid, a. Etym: [L. languidus, fr. languere to be faint or languid: cf. F. languide. See Languish.]
1. Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull. " Languid, powerless limbs. " Armstrong. Fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue. Addison.
2. Slow in progress; tardy. " No motion so swift or languid." Bentley.
3. Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a languid day. Feebly she laugheth in the languid moon. Keats. Their idleness, aimless and languid airs. W. Black.
Syn.
– Feeble; weak; faint; sickly; pining; exhausted; weary; listless; heavy; dull; heartless.
– Lan"guid*ly, adv.
– Lan"guid*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 April 2025
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
