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Webster 1913 Edition
Languid
1.
Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull.
“ Languid, powerless limbs. ” Armstrong.
Fire their
languid
souls with Cato’s virtue. Addison.
2.
Slow in progress; tardy.
“ No motion so swift or languid.” Bentley.
3.
Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness;
as, a
. languid
dayFeebly she laugheth in the
– languid
moon. Keats.
Lan′guid-ly
, adv.
Lan′guid-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Languid
LAN'GUID
,Adj.
1.
Flagging; drooping; hence, feeble; weak; heavy; dull; indisposed to exertion. The body is languid after excessive action, which exhausts its powers.2.
Slow; as languid motion.3.
Dull; heartless; without animation.And fire their languid soul with Cato's virtue.
Definition 2024
languid
languid
See also: lànguid
English
Adjective
languid (comparative more languid, superlative most languid)
- Lacking enthusiasm, energy, or strength; drooping or flagging from weakness, fatigue, or lack of energy; indisposed to exertion; sluggish; relaxed: as, languid movements; languid breathing.
- Jonathan Swift
- As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.
- Jane Austen
- I was languid and dull and very bad company when I wrote the above; I am better now, to my own feelings at least, and wish I may be more agreeable.
- Jonathan Swift
- Heavy; dull; dragging; wanting spirit or animation; listless; apathetic.
Translations
lacking enthusiasm, energy or strength
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heavy; dull; dragging
Synonyms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Alteration of languet.
Noun
languid (plural languids)
- A languet in an organ (musical instrument).
- 1913, Standard Organ Building, page 150:
- As may be required, a small hole is bored in either of the languids, or in the back of the pipe in the space between the two languids. By this means, in addition to the current of air passing between the languids and the lower lip, […]
- 1913, Standard Organ Building, page 150:
References
- languid in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911