Hypertext Webster Gateway: "languishing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Languishing \Lan"guish*ing\, a.
1. Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and
strength.
2. Amorously pensive; as, languishing eyes, or look.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Languish \Lan"guish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Languished}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Languishing}.] [OE. languishen, languissen, F.
languir, L. languere; cf. Gr. ? to slacken, ? slack, Icel.
lakra to lag behind; prob. akin to E. lag, lax, and perh. to
E. slack.See {-ish}.]
1. To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation;
to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away;
to wither or fade.
We . . . do languish of such diseases. --2 Esdras
viii. 31.
Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me
landguish into life. --Pope.
For the fields of Heshbon languish. --Is. xvi. 8.
2. To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief,
appealing for sympathy. --Tennyson.
Syn: To pine; wither; fade; droop; faint.
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