Hypertext Webster Gateway: "languorous"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Languorous \Lan"guor*ous\, a. [From {Languor}: cf. F.
langoureux.]
Producing, or tending to produce, languor; characterized by
languor. [Obs. or Poetic]

Whom late I left in languorous constraint. --Spenser.

To wile the length from languorous hours, and draw The
sting from pain. --Tennyson.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

languorous
adj : lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a
languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot
languorous afternoon" [syn: {dreamy}, {lackadaisical},
{languid}]


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