languidness


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lan·guid

(lăng′gwĭd)
adj.
1.
a. Lacking energy or disinclined to exert effort; listless: feeling languid from a fever.
b. Slow-moving or weak in force: languid breezes.
2. Showing little or no vitality or animation: languid prose.
3. Characterized by or conducive to indolence or inactivity: a languid afternoon.
[French languide, from Latin languidus, from languēre, to be languid; see slēg- in Indo-European roots.]
lan′guid·ly adv.
lan′guid·ness n.
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languidness

noun
A deficiency in mental and physical alertness and activity:
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languidness

[ˈlæŋgwɪdnɪs] N → languidez f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

languidness

n → Trägheit f; (of gesture) → Mattigkeit f; (of manner) → Lässigkeit f; the languidness of her voice → ihre müde Stimme
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

languidness

n. languidez, decaimiento.
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