v.intr.
1. be or grow feeble; lose or lack vitality.
2 put on a sentimentally tender or languid look.
Phrases and idioms:
languish for droop or pine for. languish under suffer under (esp. depression, confinement, etc.).
Derivatives:
languisher n. languishingly adv. languishment n.
Etymology: ME f. OF languir, ult. f. L languere, rel. to LAX