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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

languor
    n 1: a relaxed comfortable feeling [syn: languor,
         dreaminess]
    2: a feeling of lack of interest or energy [syn: languor,
       lassitude, listlessness]
    3: inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general
       appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends" [syn:
       languor, lethargy, sluggishness, phlegm, flatness]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Languor \Lan"guor\, n. [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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Any enfeebling disease. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]

            Sick men with divers languors.        --Wyclif (Luke
                                                  iv. 40).
      [1913 Webster]

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

   Syn: Feebleness; weakness; faintness; weariness; dullness;
        heaviness; lassitude; listlessness.
        [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Languor:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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