languorous Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


Lan"guor*ous adjective
Etymology
From Languor: cf. F. langoureux.
Definitions
  1. Producing, or tending to produce, languor; characterized by languor. Obs. or Poetic
    Whom late I left in languorous constraint. Spenser.
    To wile the length from languorous hours, and draw The sting from pain. Tennyson.

Webster 1913