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A state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion of strength and characterized by a languid feeling; feebleness; lassitude; laxity.

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  1. n. A state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion of strength and characterized by a languid feeling; feebleness; lassitude; laxity.
  2. n. Any enfeebling disease.
  3. n. Listless indolence; dreaminess. Pope.
  4. n. a relaxed comfortable feeling
  5. n. oppressively still air
  6. n. a feeling of lack of interest or energy
  7. n. inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
  8. 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.
  9. n:100 n. a relaxed comfortable feeling n. a feeling of lack of interest or energy n. inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy