Meaning of LASSITUDE
| Pronunciation: | | 'lasi`tood
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- [n] weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
- [n] a feeling of lack of interest or energy
- [n] a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
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| | Synonyms: | | inanition, languor, lethargy, lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness |
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| | See Also: | | apathy, hebetude, torpidity, torpor, weakness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Las"si*tude\, n. [L. lassitudo, fr. lassus faint,
weary; akin to E. late: cf. F. lassitude. See {Late}.]
A condition of the body, or mind, when its voluntary
functions are performed with difficulty, and only by a strong
exertion of the will; languor; debility; weariness.
The corporeal instruments of action being strained to a
high pitch . . . will soon feel a lassitude. --Barrow.
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| | Definition: | | Weakness, exhaustion. |
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| | Related Terms: | | acedia, adynamia, anemia, apathy, atony, blah feeling, bloodlessness, blues, boredom, brain fag, cachexia, cachexy, cowardice, debilitation, debility, depression, disinterest, disregard, doldrums, drowsiness, dullness, dumps, enervation, enfeeblement, ennui, etiolation, exhaustion, eyestrain, faintness, fatigue, feebleness, flabbiness, flaccidity, goneness, heart strain, heaviness, hebetude, heedlessness, impotence, inanimation, indifference, insouciance, jadedness, lackadaisicalness, languidness, languishment, languor, languorousness, lenitude, lentor, lethargy, lifelessness, listlessness, mental fatigue, mental strain, oscitancy, overstrain, overtiredness, passivity, phlegm, powerlessness, prostration, satedness, sleep, sleepiness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, slumber, softness, somnolence, stance fatigue, strain, strengthlessness, stupefaction, stupor, supineness, tedium, tiredness, torpidity, torpidness, torpitude, torpor, unconcern, unmindfulness, weakliness, weakness, wearifulness, weariness, world-weariness |
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