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Webster 1913 Edition
Lassitude
Las′si-tude
(lăs′sĭ-tūd)
, Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lassitude
LAS'SITUDE
,Noun.
1.
Weakness; dullness; heaviness; weariness; languor of body or mind, proceeding from exhaustion of strength by excessive labor or action, or other means.2.
Among physicians, lassitude is a morbid sensation or languor which often precedes disease, in which case it proceeds from an impaired or diseased action of the organs.