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languid - Word of the Day - Sat Dec 3, 2022

Myr

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languid - (adj) - 1: drooping or flagging from or as if from exhausted: weak; 2: sluggish in character or disposition: listless; 3: lacking force or quickness of movement: slow

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My return home from work includes a languid walk from the door to collapse into a chair.

 

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The origin is in the Latin languidus, meaning faint or weak.

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Bill W

Although the holidays can be a wonderful time, you can become languid afterward due to physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion.  

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35 minutes ago, Bill W said:

Although the holidays can be a wonderful time, you can become languid afterward due to physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion.  

Or after you eat too much.

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