Languor is a related term of infirmity.
As nouns the difference between languor and infirmity
is that
languor is (uncountable) a state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling: lassitude while
infirmity is feebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age.
languor English
Alternative forms
* languour
Noun
(uncountable) a state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling: lassitude
- languor of convalescence
(countable) listless indolence; dreaminess
- a certain languor in the air hinted at an early summer --
(uncountable) dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigor; stagnation
- from languor she passed to the lightest vivacity --
(obsolete, countable) An enfeebling disease; suffering
Related terms
* languid
* languish
* languorous
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infirmity English
Noun
(infirmities)
feebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age.
a moral weakness or defect
Related terms
* infirm
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