LANGUID

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

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Etymology 1

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

• exhausted

• faint

• listless

• swear/sweer

• weak

• weary

Etymology 2

Noun

languid (plural languids)

A languet in an organ (musical instrument).

Anagrams

• Gauldin, dualing, lauding

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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