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languid | languished |

As an adjective languid

is languid.

As a verb languished is

(languish).

languid

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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.
  • * — As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.
  • * — 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.
  • Heavy; dull; dragging; wanting spirit or animation; listless; apathetic.
  • Synonyms
    * exhausted * faint * listless * swear/sweer * weak * weary

    Etymology 2

    Alteration of (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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,

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    Anagrams

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    languished

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (languish)

  • languish

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
  • * Bible, 2 Esdras viii. 31
  • We do languish of such diseases.
  • To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness.
  • He languished without his girlfriend
  • To live in miserable or disheartening conditions.
  • He languished in prison for years
  • To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful.
  • The case languished for years before coming to trial.
  • (obsolete) To make weak; to weaken, devastate.
  • * 1815 , Jane Austen, Emma
  • He is an excellent young man, and will suit Harriet exactly: it will be an "exactly so," as he says himself; but he does sigh and languish , and study for compliments rather more than I could endure as a principal.
    (Tennyson)