[syn: languor, lethargy, sluggishness, phlegm, flatness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]