ˈlaŋ(g)ə(r), ˈlaiŋ- noun
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Etymology: Middle English langour, langor, from Old French, from Latin languor, from languēre to feel faint, languish — more at slack
1. obsolete : enfeebling disease : suffering
2. : a state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling : lassitude
languor of convalescence
3. : listless indolence : dreaminess
certain languor in the air hinted at an early summer — James Purdy
4. : dullness , sluggishness : lack of vigor : stagnation
from languor she passed to the lightest vivacity — Elinor Wylie