languid

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Her manner was extremely languid, as of a person suffering from nervous exhaustion.

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  1. adjective Lacking energy or vitality; weak: a languid wave of the hand.
  2. adjective Showing little or no spirit or animation; listless: a languid mood.
  3. adjective Lacking vigor or force; slow: languid breezes.

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  • Newsweek's Adam Kushner calls Lieberman's address "languid," —  Griper Blade
  • From the languid, affected teasing that Merry and Pippin use when greeting Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas at the ruins of Isengard to the more somber and yet devout loyalty that both Frodo and Sam show for each other as they transverse the Emyn Muil, the dialogue is excellent. —  OF Blog of the Fallen
  • And so by 1932, there were very good reasons for Americans to pelt their president with debris on the campaign trail and to deride his languid -- and not very progressive -- response to it all. —  Lawyers, Guns and Money
  • Showtime's commentators were all over Peter for being "languid," but never at any point did they say what Peter could do to rectify his situation. —  MVN
  • His response to the call was a little languid, and his reception of the news of Quest's successful enterprise was almost querulous My friend," the Professor said, "your news gratifies me, of course. —  The Black Box
 

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dreamy ·  listless ·  lazy ·  sleepy ·  gentle ·  feeble ·  sullen ·  sad ·  placid ·  careless ·  sluggish ·  sensual
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. French languide, from Latin languidus, from languēre, to be languid; see slēg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French languide = Spanish lánguido = Portuguese Italian languido, from Latin languidus, faint, listless, from languere, be faint or listless: see languish.
  2. apparently a corruption of languet.
 

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/ˈlæŋgwɪd/
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