Sekirov Dictionary

languid

/ˈlæŋɡwɪd/

adjective 7
noun 1
forms 3

adjective7

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Of a person or their movement: showing a dislike for physical effort; leisurely, unhurried.
- Loth was he to move / From the imprinted couch, and when he did, / 'Twas with slow, languid paces, and face hid / In muffling hands. — 1818
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Of a period of time: characterized by lack of activity; pleasant and relaxed; unstressful.
- Unknown to them, when sensual pleasures cloy, / To fill the languid pause with finer joy; […] — 1764
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Of a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness or tiredness; faint, listless.
- [T]he salt of vipers is also thought to exceed any other animal salt vvhatever, in giving vigour to the languid circulation, and prompting to venery. — 1791
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Of a thing: lacking energy, liveliness, or strength; inactive, slow-moving, weak.
- [W]hen the languid Flames at length subside, / He strovvs a Bed of glovving Embers vvide, / Above the Coals the smoaking Fragments turns, / And sprinkles sacred Salt from lifted Urns; […] — 1717
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Of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm; apathetic, listless, spiritless, unenthusiastic.
- I'll hasten to my Troops, / And fire their languid Souls with Cato’s Virtue; […] — 1712
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Of an idea, writing, etc.: dull, uninteresting.
- [S]ome very languid remarks on the probable brilliancy of the ball were all that broke, at intervals, a silence of half-an-hour, before they were joined by the master of the house. — 1803
Of a colour: not bright; dull, muted.

noun1

Synonym of languet (“a flat plate in (or opposite and below the mouth of) the pipe of an organ”).

forms

languids · more languid · most languid

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