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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
languid \lan"guid\, a. l. languidus, fr. languere to be faint
or languid: cf. f. languide. see languish.
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1. drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to
exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull. "
languid, powerless limbs. " --armstrong.
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fire their languid souls with cato's virtue.
--addison.
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2. slow in progress; tardy. " no motion so swift or languid."
--bentley.
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3. promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a
languid day.
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feebly she laugheth in the languid moon. --keats.
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their idleness, aimless flirtations and languid
airs. --w. black.
syn: feeble; weak; faint; sickly; pining; exhausted; weary;
listless; heavy; dull; heartless. -- lan"guidly, adv.
-- lan"guidness, n.
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see also:
languish lan"guidly lan"guidness
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