Definition of Langoor

Definition of Langoor

Lan"guor (?), n. [OE. langour, OF. langour, F. langueur, L. languor. See Languish.] 1. A state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion of strength and characterized by a languid feeling; feebleness; lassitude; laxity.

2. Any enfeebling disease. [Obs.]

Sick men with divers languors.

Wyclif (Luke iv. 40).

3. Listless indolence; dreaminess. Pope. " German dreams, Italian languors." The Century.

Syn. -- Feebleness; weakness; faintness; weariness; dullness; heaviness; lassitude; listlessness.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

a state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling: lassitude
listless indolence: dreaminess
certain languor in the air hinted at an early summer -- James Purdy
dullness, sluggishness: lack of vigor: stagnation
from languor she passed to the lightest vivacity -- Elinor Wylie
obsolete. enfeebling disease: suffering

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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