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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.