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languor
(encz) | languor,malátnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Languor
(gcide) | Languor \Lan"guor\, n. [OE. langour, OF. langour, F. langueur,
L. languor. See Languish.]
1. A state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion
of strength and characterized by a languid feeling;
feebleness; lassitude; laxity.
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2. Any enfeebling disease. [Obs.]
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Sick men with divers languors. --Wyclif (Luke
iv. 40).
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3. Listless indolence; dreaminess. --Pope. " German dreams,
Italian languors." --The Century.
Syn: Feebleness; weakness; faintness; weariness; dullness;
heaviness; lassitude; listlessness.
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languor
(wn) | languor
n 1: a relaxed comfortable feeling [syn: languor,
dreaminess]
2: a feeling of lack of interest or energy [syn: languor,
lassitude, listlessness]
3: inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general
appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends" [syn:
languor, lethargy, sluggishness, phlegm, flatness] |
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languorous
(encz) | languorous,malátný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
languorously
(encz) | languorously,mdle adv: Zdeněk Brožlanguorously,ospale adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Languor
(gcide) | Languor \Lan"guor\, n. [OE. langour, OF. langour, F. langueur,
L. languor. See Languish.]
1. A state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion
of strength and characterized by a languid feeling;
feebleness; lassitude; laxity.
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2. Any enfeebling disease. [Obs.]
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Sick men with divers languors. --Wyclif (Luke
iv. 40).
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3. Listless indolence; dreaminess. --Pope. " German dreams,
Italian languors." --The Century.
Syn: Feebleness; weakness; faintness; weariness; dullness;
heaviness; lassitude; listlessness.
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Languorous
(gcide) | Languorous \Lan"guor*ous\, a. [From Languor: cf. F.
langoureux.]
Producing, or tending to produce, languor; characterized by
languor. [Obs. or Poetic]
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Whom late I left in languorous constraint. --Spenser.
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To wile the length from languorous hours, and draw
The sting from pain. --Tennyson.
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languorous
(wn) | languorous
adj 1: lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt";
"a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot
languorous afternoon" [syn: dreamy, lackadaisical,
languid, languorous] |
languorously
(wn) | languorously
adv 1: in a languorous manner; "he was sprawling languorously on
the sofa" |
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