languid
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languid¹
- /ˈlæŋɡwɪd/
- /ˈleɪ̯ŋɡwɪd/
- /ˈlɛ̃ŋɡwɪd/
- /ˈlæŋɡwəd/
- /ˈleɪ̯ŋɡwəd/
- /ˈlɛ̃ŋɡwəd/
- /ˈlɛ̝ŋɡwɘd/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -æŋɡwɪd
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-der.
Latin langueō
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin languidusder.
Middle French languidebor.
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Latin languidusbor.
English languid
Borrowed from Middle French languide (“fatigued, weak; apathetic, indifferent”) (modern French languide), or from its etymon Latin languidus (“faint, weak; dull; slow, sluggish; ill, sick, unwell; (figuratively) inactive, inert, listless”), from langueō (“to be faint or weak; (figuratively) to be idle, inactive, or listless”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-, *(s)leh₁g- (“to weaken”)) + -idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’ forming adjectives). See also the related languish.
Cognates
* Italian languido (“languid; languishing”)
* Portuguese lânguido (“languid; listless”)
* Spanish lánguido (“languid, weak”)
adjective more languid · most languid
- Of a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness or tiredness; faint, listless. [T]he ſalt of vipers is alſo thought to exceed any other animal ſalt vvhatever, in giving vigour to the languid circulation, and prompting to venery.
- Of a person or their movement: showing a dislike for physical effort; leisurely, unhurried. Loth was he to move / From the imprinted couch, and when he did, / 'Twas with slow, languid paces, and face hid / In muffling hands.
- Of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm; apathetic, listless, spiritless, unenthusiastic. VVith ſecret Checks her languid Soule ſhe chid / VVhich vvith ſuch violence never yet did flame; / Her Eyes hung dovvn; her Cheeks vvere over-ſpread / VVith bluſhing (but vvith ô hovv guiltleſſe!) ſhame: […]
- Of a colour: not bright; dull, muted.
- Of an idea, writing, etc.: dull, uninteresting. [S]ome very languid remarks on the probable brilliancy of the ball were all that broke, at intervals, a silence of half-an-hour, before they were joined by the master of the house.
- Of a period of time: characterized by lack of activity; pleasant and relaxed; unstressful. Unknown to them, when ſenſual pleaſures cloy, / To fill the languid pauſe with finer joy; […]
- Of a thing: lacking energy, liveliness, or strength; inactive, slow-moving, weak. languid breathing languid movements
languid²
- /ˈlæŋɡwɪd/
- /ˈleɪ̯ŋɡwɪd/
- /ˈlɛ̃ŋɡwɪd/
- /ˈlæŋɡwəd/
- /ˈleɪ̯ŋɡwəd/
- /ˈlɛ̃ŋɡwəd/
- /ˈlɛ̝ŋɡwɘd/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -æŋɡwɪd
Where it comes from
A variant of languet.
noun languids
- Synonym of languet (“a flat plate in (or opposite and below the mouth of) the pipe of an organ”). A new method of voicing flue pipes has recently been introduced by which a greater volume of tone is obtained without increasing the wind pressure. This is accomplished by making use of TWO languids in metal pipes with a space between the upper and lower languids. As may be required, a small hole is
