LANGUISH


Meaning of LANGUISH in English

■ verb

1》 grow weak or feeble.

↘ archaic pine with love or grief.

2》 be kept in an unpleasant place or situation: he was ~ing in jail.

Derivatives

~er noun

~ment noun ( archaic ).

Origin

ME: from OFr. languiss- , lengthened stem of languir , from a var. of L. languere , related to laxus 'lax'.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.