Hypertext Webster Gateway: "languor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Languor \Lan"guor\, n. [OE. langour, OF. langour, F. langueur,
L. languor. See Languish.]
1. A state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion
of strength and characterized by a languid feeling;
feebleness; lassitude; laxity.
2. Any enfeebling disease. [Obs.]
Sick men with divers languors. --Wyclif (Luke
iv. 40).
3. Listless indolence; dreaminess. Pope. `` German dreams,
Italian languors.'' --The Century.
Syn: Feebleness; weakness; faintness; weariness; dullness;
heaviness; lassitude; listlessness.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
languor
n 1: a relaxed comfortable feeling [syn: {dreaminess}]
2: a feeling of lack of interest or energy [syn: {lassitude}, {listlessness}]
3: inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy [syn: {lethargy},
{sluggishness}, {phlegm}]
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