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ˈlaŋgə/
n.
- tiredness or inactivity, especially when pleasurable.
- an oppressive stillness of the air.
Derivative
- languorous adj.
- languorously adv.
Etymology
ME (orig. in the sense ‘illness, distress’, later ‘faintness, lassitude’): via OFr. from L., from languere (see languish).