languor
pronunciation
How to pronounce languor in British English:
UK [ˈlæŋgə(r)]
How to pronounce languor in American English:
US [ˈlæŋɡɚ, ˈlæŋɚ]
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- Noun:
- a relaxed comfortable feeling
- a feeling of lack of interest or energy
- inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
Word Origin
- languor (n.)
- c. 1300, "disease, distress, mental suffering," from Old French langor "sickness, weakness" (Modern French langueur), from Latin languorem (nominative languor) "faintness, feebleness, lassitude," from languere "be weak or faint" (see lax). Sense shifted to "faintness, weariness" (1650s) and "habitual want of energy" (1825).
Example
- 1. Music that induces a delightful languor .
- 2. I very languor ...... you understand .
- 3. Aristocratic languor , critics thought , made him too diffident sometimes on the field .
- 4. It helps to cure their languor !
- 5. Languor is upon your heart and the slumber is still on your eyes .