languorous

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
16
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈlæŋɡərəs/
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/ˈlæŋɡərəs/ · /ˈlæŋ(ɡ)ərəs/

Definition of languorous

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical.
    “The atmosphere beneath is languorous, and is so tinged with azure that what artists call the middle distance partakes also of that hue, while the horizon beyond is of the deepest ultramarine.”
    “Warm as a Lesbian valley's afternoon Made langourous ^([sic]) with June”
    “8 August 2018, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky in AV Club, Jason Statham fighting a giant shark should be a lot more fun than The Meg After a languorous stretch of exposition that introduces a lot of pseudoscientific mumbo-jumbo and enough supporting characters to fill a Dickens novel (played by the likes of Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis, and Ruby Rose), we follow a three-person submersible down to the ocean depths.”

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Etymology

From Middle French langoreux.

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