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languor - What does it mean?

Definition of 'languor'

English

Alternative forms

* languour

Noun

  • (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 --
  • (uncountable) dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigor; stagnation
  • from languor she passed to the lightest vivacity --
  • (obsolete|countable) An enfeebling disease; suffering