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