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languorous |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Languorous \Lan"guor*ous\, a. [From {Languor}: cf F. langoureux.] Producing, or tending to produce, languor; characterized by languor. [Obs. or Poetic] Whom late I left in languorous constraint. --Spenser. To wile the length from languorous hours, and draw The sting from pain. --Tennyson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: languorous adj : lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon" [syn: {dreamy}, {lackadaisical}, {languid}]
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