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Definition of Langoid

Lan"guid (?), a. [L. languidus, fr. languere to be faint or languid: cf. F. languide. See Languish.]

1. Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull. " Languid, powerless limbs. " Armstrong.

Fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue.
Addison.

2. Slow in progress; tardy. " No motion so swift or languid." Bentley.

3. Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a languid day.

Feebly she laugheth in the languid moon.
Keats.

Their idleness, aimless flirtations and languid airs.
W. Black.

Syn. -- Feeble; weak; faint; sickly; pining; exhausted; weary; listless; heavy; dull; heartless.

-- Lan"guid*ly, adv. -- Lan"guid*ness, n.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • Lacking enthusiasm, energy, or strength; weak; listless
         
  • As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold. -- Jonathan Swift
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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