lan|guor «LANG guhr», noun, verb.
–n.
1. lack of energy; weakness; weariness: »
A long illness caused his languor.
SYNONYM(S): feebleness, fatigue.2. lack of interest or enthusiasm; indifference: »
Languor is not in your heart (Matthew Arnold).
SYNONYM(S): apathy.3. softness or tenderness of mood.
5. lack of activity; sluggishness: »
The languor of Rome—its weary pavements, its little life (Hawthorne).
–v.i.
to grow weak; languish: »
to languor with an illness.
╂[< Old French languor, or langour < Latin languor < languēre be weary]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.