— languisher , n.
/lang"gwish/ , v.i.
1. to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
2. to lose vigor and vitality.
3. to undergo neglect or experience prolonged inactivity; suffer hardship and distress: to languish in prison for ten years.
4. to be subjected to delay or disregard; be ignored: a petition that languished on the warden's desk for a year.
5. to pine with desire or longing.
6. to assume an expression of tender, sentimental melancholy.
n.
7. the act or state of languishing.
8. a tender, melancholy look or expression.
[ 1250-1300; ME languiss-, long s. of languir languere to languish; akin to laxus LAX; see -ISH 2 ]