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languidness
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Languidness
(gcide) | Languid \Lan"guid\, a. [L. languidus, fr. languere to be faint
or languid: cf. F. languide. See Languish.]
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1. Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to
exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull. "
Languid, powerless limbs. " --Armstrong.
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Fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue.
--Addison.
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2. Slow in progress; tardy. " No motion so swift or languid."
--Bentley.
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3. Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a
languid day.
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Feebly she laugheth in the languid moon. --Keats.
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Their idleness, aimless flirtations 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.
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Languidness
(gcide) | Languid \Lan"guid\, a. [L. languidus, fr. languere to be faint
or languid: cf. F. languide. See Languish.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to
exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull. "
Languid, powerless limbs. " --Armstrong.
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Fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue.
--Addison.
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2. Slow in progress; tardy. " No motion so swift or languid."
--Bentley.
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3. Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a
languid day.
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Feebly she laugheth in the languid moon. --Keats.
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Their idleness, aimless flirtations 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.
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