languid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite lacking spirit or liveliness
    languorous; dreamy; lackadaisical.
    • a lackadaisical attempt
    • a languid mood
    • a languid wave of the hand
    • a hot languorous afternoon

WordNet

Lan"guid adjective
Etymology
L. languidus, fr. languere to be faint or languid: cf. F. languide. See Languish.
Definitions
  1. Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull. " Languid, powerless limbs. " Armstrong.
    Fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue. Addison.
  2. Slow in progress; tardy. " No motion so swift or languid." Bentley.
  3. Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a languid day.
    Feebly she laugheth in the languid moon. Keats.
    Their idleness, aimless and languid airs. W. Black.
    Syn. -- Feeble; weak; faint; sickly; pining; exhausted; weary; listless; heavy; dull; heartless. -- Lan"guid*ly, adv. -- Lan"guid*ness, n.

Webster 1913