English-Thai Dictionary

languor

N ความอ่อนเพลีย  ความ อ่อนเปลี้ยเพลียแรง  ความ เซื่องซึม  ความ เชื่องช้า  weakness kwam-on-plia

 

languorous

A ที่ อ่อนเพลีย แรง  ที่ ทำให้ ให้ อ่อนเพลีย แรง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LANGUOR

n.[L. languor. ] 1. Feebleness; dullness; heaviness; lassitude of body; that state of the body which is induced by exhaustion of strength, as by disease, by extraordinary exertion, by the relaxing effect of heat, or by weakness from any cause.
2. Dullness of the intellectual faculty; listlessness.
3. Softness; laxity.
To isles of fragrance, lily-silvered vales, diffusing languor in the parting gales.

 

LANGUOROUS

a.Tedious; melancholy. Obs.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LANGUOR

Lan "guor, n. Etym: [OE. langour, OF. langour, F. langueur, L.languor. See Languish. ]

 

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. 4 ).

 

3. Listless indolence; dreaminess. Pope. " German dreams, Italian languors." The Century.

 

Syn. -- Feebleness; weakness; faintness; weariness; dullness; heaviness; lassitude; listlessness.

 

LANGUOROUS

Lan "guor *ous, a. Etym: [From Languor: cf. F. langoureux. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

languor

lan guor |ˈlaNG (g )ər ˈlæŋ (ɡ )ər | ▶noun 1 the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia: he remembered the languor and warm happiness of those golden afternoons. 2 an oppressive stillness of the air: the afternoon was hot, quiet, and heavy with languor. DERIVATIVES lan guor ous |-g (ə )rəs, ˈlaNGərəs |adjective, lan guor ous ly |-g (ə )rəslē, ˈlaNGərəslē |adverb ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin, from languere (see languish ). The original sense was ‘illness, disease, distress, ’ later ‘faintness, lassitude ’; current senses date from the 18th cent. , when such lassitude became associated with a sometimes rather self-indulgent romantic yearning.

 

Oxford Dictionary

languor

languor |ˈlaŋgə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 tiredness or inactivity, especially when pleasurable: her whole being was pervaded by a dreamy languor. 2 an oppressive stillness of the air: the afternoon was hot, quiet, and heavy with languor. DERIVATIVES languorous adjective, languorously adverb ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin, from languere (see languish ). The original sense was ‘illness, distress ’, later ‘faintness, lassitude ’; current senses date from the 18th cent. , when such lassitude became associated with a romantic yearning.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

languor

languor noun 1 the sultry languor that was stealing over her: lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, torpor, fatigue, weariness, sleepiness, drowsiness; laziness, idleness, indolence, inertia, sluggishness, apathy. ANTONYMS vigor. 2 the languor of a hot day: stillness, tranquility, calm, calmness; oppressiveness, heaviness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

languor

languor noun 1 she clenched her jaw to kill the sultry languor that was stealing over her: lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, tiredness, torpor, fatigue, weariness; laziness, idleness, indolence, inactivity, inertia, sluggishness; sleepiness, drowsiness, somnolence, enervation, lifelessness, apathy. ANTONYMS vigour. 2 the languor of a hot, breezeless day: stillness, tranquillity, calm, calmness, lull, silence, windlessness, oppressiveness, heaviness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

languor

lan guor /lǽŋɡə r /名詞 ｟主に文 ｠1 C U けだるさ, 気が抜けた状態 ; くつろぎ .2 U (空気の )重苦しさ, よどみ .3 C 人恋しさ ; 物悲しさ .

 

languorous

lan guor ous /lǽŋɡ (ə )rəs /形容詞 ｟文 ｠〈行為などが 〉のんびりした ; けだるい .～ly 副詞