| source : web1913 |
Languid \Lan"guid\, a. [L. languidus, fr. languere to be faint
or languid: cf. F. languide. See {Languish}.]
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 day.
Feebly she laugheth in the languid moon. --Keats.
Their idleness, aimless and languid airs. --W.
Black.
Syn: Feeble; weak; faint; sickly; pining; exhausted; weary;
listless; heavy; dull; heartless. -- {Lan"guid*ly}, adv.
-- {Lan"guid*ness}, n.
| source : wn |
languid
adj : lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a
languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot
languorous afternoon" [syn: {dreamy}, {lackadaisical},
{languorous}]