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languorous

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lan·guor  (lnggr, lngr)
n.
1. Lack of physical or mental energy; listlessness. See Synonyms at lethargy.
2. A dreamy, lazy mood or quality: "It was hot, yet with a sweet languor about it" (Theodore Dreiser).
3. Oppressive quiet or stillness.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, from langure, to be languid; see languish.]

languor·ous adj.
languor·ous·ly adv.
languor·ous·ness n.

languorous [ˈlæŋgərəs]
adj
1. characterized by or producing languor
2. another word for languid
languorously  adv
languorousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.languorous - lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon"
lethargic, unenrgetic - deficient in alertness or activity; "bullfrogs became lethargic with the first cold nights"
Translations
languorous [ˈlæŋgərəs] ADJlánguido
languorous [ˈlæŋgərəs] adjalangui(e)
languorous
adjträge, schläfrig; heatschläfrig, wohlig; feelingwohlig; musicschmelzend; rhythm, metregleitend, getragen; tone, voiceschläfrig; a languorous beautyeine schwüle Schönheit
languorous [ˈlæŋgərəs] adj (liter) → languido/a
languorous [ˈlæŋgərəs] adj (liter) → languido/a


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The sun was low in the west, and the breeze soft and languorous that came up from the south, charged with the seductive odor of the sea.
The atmosphere beneath is languorous, and is so tinged with azure that what artists call the middle distance partakes also of that hue, while the horizon beyond is of the deepest ultramarine.
It entered into them, dreamy and languorous, weakening the fibres of resolution, suffusing the face of morality, or of judgment, with haze and purple mist.
 
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