Word of the Day for Monday, March 8, 2010
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languor \LANG-guhr; LANG-uhr\, noun:
languor \LANG-guhr; LANG-uhr\, noun:
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1. Mental or physical weariness or fatigue.
1. Mental or physical weariness or fatigue.
2. Listless indolence, especially the indolence of one who is satiated by a life of luxury or pleasure.
3. A heaviness or oppressive stillness of the air.
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Hearing the B.O. drone on and on about his wonderful socialist programs will put all but his most ardent toadies into a terminal state of languor!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Languor is from Latin languor, from languere, "to be faint or weak." The adjective form is languorous.
Languor is from Latin languor, from languere, "to be faint or weak." The adjective form is languorous.
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