languid

Pronunciation: /ˈlæŋɡwɪd/

The English word “languid” has 8 meanings listed here.

adjective

Of a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness or tiredness; faint, listless.
Of a person or their movement: showing a dislike for physical effort; leisurely, unhurried.
Of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm; apathetic, listless, spiritless, unenthusiastic.
Of a colour: not bright; dull, muted.
Of an idea, writing, etc.: dull, uninteresting.
Of a period of time: characterized by lack of activity; pleasant and relaxed; unstressful.
Of a thing: lacking energy, liveliness, or strength; inactive, slow-moving, weak.

noun

Synonym of languet (“a flat plate in (or opposite and below the mouth of) the pipe of an organ”).

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French languide (“fatigued, weak; apathetic, indifferent”) (modern French languide), or from its etymon Latin languidus (“faint, weak; dull; slow, sluggish; ill, sick, unwell; (figuratively) inactive, inert, listless”), from langueō (“to be faint or weak; (figuratively) to be idle, inactive, or listless”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-, *(s)leh₁g- (“to weaken”)) + -idus…

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