Meaning of LANGUOR
| Pronunciation: | | 'langgur
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- [n] inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
- [n] a feeling of lack of interest or energy
- [n] a relaxed comfortable feeling
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| | Synonyms: | | dreaminess, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, phlegm, sluggishness |
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| | See Also: | | apathy, easiness, inactiveness, inactivity, inertia, relaxation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
2. Any enfeebling disease. [Obs.]
Sick men with divers languors. --Wyclif (Luke
iv. 40).
3. Listless indolence; dreaminess. Pope. `` German dreams,
Italian languors.'' --The Century.
Syn: Feebleness; weakness; faintness; weariness; dullness;
heaviness; lassitude; listlessness.
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