Languorous

Definition: Languorous

Languorous

Adjective

1. Lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon".

Date "languorous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

Etymology: Languorous \Lan"guor*ous\, adjective. [From Languor: compare to the French expression langoureux.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Languorous

Synonyms: dreamy (adj), lackadaisical (adj), languid (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Languorous

English words defined with "languorous": dreamy ♦ lackadaisical, languid, languorously. (references)

Title	Author	Quote
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	A gradual warmth, a languorous weariness passed over him, descending along his spine from his closely cowled head.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Languorous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Languorous" is used about 31 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	31	62,296

Language		Translations for "languorous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i mekur (faint, feeble), i lodhur (all in, aweary, bored, disgusted, fatigued, flagging, forworn, jaded, rundown, sick, tired, used up, way-worn, weary, worn out), i dobët (anaemic, anemic, bad, cachectic, characterless, cheesy, delicate, Dickey, dicky, dim, Dotty, enervate, faint, fainting, feeble, flabby, flaccid, gone, ill-conditioned, impaired, indolent, inferior, infirm, insubstantial, knock kneed, lame, lamentable, languid, lax, lean, low, meager, meagre, mean, measly, milk and water, nerveless, pale, pimping, pithless, poky, poor, puny, queasy, reckling, remiss, remote, rotten, rundown, scraggy, scrannel, scrawny, scrofulous, seared, shoddy, skinny, slack, sleazy, slender, slight, slim, soft, spare, squeamish, tender, thin, third rate, Twiggy, weak, weakly, woozy). (various references)

Arabic		‏كسول (dull, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, languid, lazy, lethargic, lumpish, passive, shiftless, slothful, slow, sluggard, sluggardly, sluggish, supine), ‏واهن (atonal, atonic, crazy, doddery, effete, enervate, feeble, flagging, impotent, infirm, invalidity, lackadaisical, languid, lower, nerveless, powerless, prostrate, rusty, shrivelled, sickly, sluggish, spiritless, stunted, tender, weak, weakling, weakly, wimp), ‏ضعيف (atonic, cold, crazy, deficient, delicate, dim, emaciated, enervate, faint, feckless, feeble, flabby, flagging, fragile, frail, haggard, helpless, impotent, inaudible, infirm, invertebrate, lame, languid, lank, lean, limp, little, low, lower, nerveless, pale, powered, powerless, puny, rickety, run down, scant, scrawny, slender, slight, slim, small, soft, softy, streaked, supine, tenuous, thin, thready, toothless, unsubstantial, wan, weak, weakened, weakling, weakly, wimp, wishy washy), ‏باعث على الوهن. (various references)

Bulgarian		упоен (dopey, dopy, poppied), отпаднал (faint, low, washed out, weak), замечтан (dreamy, faraway, languishing, moony, pensive), премалял (dying), приспиващ. (various references)

Czech		otupìlý (benumbed, besotted, dopey), ospalý (dopey, dozy, drowsy, nappy, sleepy, slumberous, somnolent, soporific), malátný (jaded, languid, lethargic, limp, weary). (various references)

French		langoureux (languid, languishing), alangui (languid, languished). (various references)

German		wohlig (blissful, blissfully, cozy, pleasant), träge (dull, idle, idly, indolent, indolently, inert, inertly, languid, languidly, languorously, lazily, lazy, lethargic, lethargically, phlegmatic, shiftless, slack, slothful, slow, sluggardly, sluggish, stagnant, supine, supinely, tardy, torpid), schmelzend (liquefying, mellifluous, mellow, melting, smelting), schläfrig (dozy, drowsy, lethargic, lethargically, sleepily, sleepy, slumberous, slumbrous, somnolent), gleitend (floating, gliding, sashaying, sliding, smoothing), gleichgültig (apathetic, casual, dry, immaterial, indifferent, indifferently, nonchalant, nonchalantly, supine, trivial, uncaring, unconcerned, unconcernedly, unheeding, unimportant, uninterested, unresponsive), getragen (beared, borne, carried, hand-me-downs, majestic, plangent, second hand, stately, wore, worn). (various references)

Greek		χαύνοσ (flaccid, languid), αδύνατοσ (feeble, flimsy, frail, impossible, impotent, languishing, puny, sappy, sinewless, sleazy, slender, slimsy, softy, strengthless, thin, underdog, underfed, wan, washy, weak). (various references)

Hebrew		חסר מרץ (languid, lethargic), חסר חיו� יות. (various references)

Hungarian		bágyadt (faint, he is in low water, languid, sickly, slack), sóvárgó (desirous, emulous, longing, wishful, wistful, yearning), pilledt (languid), lankadt (droopy, faint, languid, slack, swooned, swooning, wearied, withered), gyengéd (affectionate, dainty, delicate, endearing, motherly, silky, sisterly, tactful, tender, tender-hearted, womanly), epekedő (lovesick, yearning), epedező, ábrándos (dreamy, fanciful). (various references)

Manx		shymlagh (perishable), lhiastey (diffident, dilatory, idle, inactive, indolent, languid, lazy, lethargic, lethargical, reluctant, remiss, slothful, workshy), lag-vreeagh (toneless), annooin (debilitated). (various references)

Pig Latin		anguorouslay

Portuguese		fraqueza (atony, feed, fragmemt, frailty, impotence, impotency, inanity, infirmity, instal, lament, limy, weakness). (various references)

Romanian		slab (adynamic, angular, bad, cold, cranky, crazy, dicky, dim, Dotty, dull, faint, faintly, feckless, feeble, feebly, female, flabby, flaccid, flat, fleshless, flimsy, footless, forceless, frail, gaunt, groggy, helpless, impotent, inner, jaded, jejune, languid, languishing, lax, lean, Lenten, light, loose, low, meager, meagre, mean, mild, milk and water, namby-pamby, nerveless, one horse, pale, peaked, penny-a-line, pimping, poor, poorly, powerless, quiet, remotely, rickety, scraggy, scrawny, shaky, sickly, silly, skinny, slack, slight, small, soft, sorry, spare, squeal, stringent, tender, thin, washy, weak, weakly), plictisitor (boring, boringly, dead, dreadful, dry, dull, dully, flat, heavy, irksome, jejune, long winded, long-spun, monotonous, monotonously, pedestrian, pesky, pestersome, pestiferous, repetitious, repetitive, sententious, slow, tedious, tediously, tiresome, trying, weary), neinteresant (arid, dry, dull, dusty, flat, jejune, uneventful), care se stinge (languishing, parting). (various references)

Russian		усталый (aweary, footworn, forworn, tired, worn out, worn-out), вялый (apathetic, apathetical, dopey, dopy, drowsy, exanimate, flabby, flaccid, flat, indolent, inert, insipid, lackadaisical, languid, lethargic, listless, remiss, saggy, sapless, slack, sluggish, spiritless, stolid, torpid), апатичный (apathetic, lackadaisical, torpid). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		labav (lax, limp, loose, remiss, slack, unfixed, untight), slab (dickey, dicky, feckless, feeble, flabby, frail, infirm, languid, low, meager, meagre, nerveless, poor, powerless, punk, remote, short, sickly, slim, tenuous, thin, trick, undernourished, unlikely, washy, weak), mlitav (flabby, lackadaisical, limp, listless, loose, remiss), malaksao (exhausted, languid, languishing). (various references)

Spanish		lánguido (dopey, dopy, effete, lackadaisical, languid, limp, listless, quaggy), apático (apathetic, apathetical, bleak, languid, listless, torpid). (various references)

Swedish		trög (blockish, dull, flat, inactive, inert, languid, lifeless, lumpish, obtuse, plodding, purblind, slow, slowcoach, sluggish, soggy, stick in the mud, stolid, tardy, unapt), smäktande (languishing, lovesick), slö (bovine, drowsy, dull, fat-witted, fishy, indolent, inert, languid, lazy, lethargic, obtuse, sappy, slack, stagnant, supine), släpig (shuffling, trailing), sömnig (dozy, drowsy, sleepy, slumberous, somnolent). (various references)

Turkish		yorucu (back breaking, drudging, exhausting, exhaustive, fatiguing, grueling, gruelling, irksome, labored, laboring, laborious, laboured, labouring, painful, strenuous, tiresome, tiring, toilful, toilsome, trying, wearing, wearisome, weary, with an effort), yorgun (all in, all out, bushed, done, drawn, effete, forworn, jaded, off, pooped, pooped out, run down, spent, stale, tired, toilworn, tuckered out, used up, wan, washed out, weary, whacked, worn, worn out, worn to a frazzle), tembel (asleep, bonelazy, do nothing, do-little, drone, gold brick, idle, idle fellow, Idler, inactive, indolent, inert, laggard, languid, lazy, lazy person, lazybones, loon, lounger, slack, slacker, slothful, slouch, slug, sluggard, sluggish, stagnant, tired, torpid, workshy), süzgün (drawn, drawn out, languid), halsiz (drooping, droopy, exhausted, faint, groggy, infirm, languid, prostrate, run down, senile, sluggish, very tired, washy, weak, weakly, wonky), bitkin (all in, all out, beat, broken down, bushed, dead beat, dog tired, drained, drawn, drawn out, drooping, effete, exhausted, faint, forworn, haggard, jaded, knackered, overdone, played out, pooped, pooped out, prostrate, run down, spent, stale, tired, tired to death, toilworn, tuckered out, used up, washed out, weakly, weary, whacked, wonky, worn, worn out, worn to a frazzle, wretched, zonked), baygın (comatose, faint, fainted, heavy, insensible, languid, languishing, senseless, unconscious), baştan çıkarıcı (enticing, seductive, tempting). (various references)

Ukranian		стомливий (exhausting, fatiguing, irksome, laborious, tedious, tiresome, tiring, toilsome, trying, tucked up, weariful, wearing, weary), млявий (asleep, atonic, dopey, indolent, inert, languid, nerveless, oscitant, remiss), млосний (effeminate, languishing). (various references)

Vietnamese		lừ đừ nặng nề, yếu đuối uể oải, ẻo lả (effeminate, lackadaisical, sickly, soft). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "languorous": languorously. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Languorous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: langorous, langourous, languourous, langurous. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "languorous" (pronounced 'Lan"guor*ous'): Abdominous, Abiogenous, Ablatitious, Abnormous, Absentaneous, Absonous, Abstemious, Abstentious, Abstractitious, Acanthaceous, Acanthocarpous, Acanthocephalous, Acanthophorous, Acanthopodious, Acanthopterous, Acanthopterygious, Acarpellous, Acarpous, Acclivitous, Acclivous, Acephalous, Acetabuliferous, Acetarious, Acetous, Achilous, Achlamydeous, Acholous, Achromatous, Achroous, Achylous, Achymous, Acidiferous, Acidulous, Acinaceous, Acotyledonous, Acrimonious, Acrocarpous, Acrogenous, Acronyctous, Acrosporous, Acrotomous, Actinophorous, Aculeous, Acuminous, Addititious, Adelphous, Adenophorous, Adenophyllous, Adenous, Adiaphorous, Adipocerous, Adipogenous, Adipous, Adipsous, Adjectitious, Adoptious, Adscititious, Adulterous, Aduncous, Advantageous, Adventitious, Adventurous, Adversarious, Aeneous, Aeriferous, AEruginous, AEstuous, Aetheogamous, Affabrous, Affectuous, Agalactous, Agamous, Agatiferous, Agynous, Alacrious, Albugineous, Albuminiferous, Albuminiparous, Alburnous, Algous, Aliferous, Aligerous, Alimonious, Alkalious, Alliaceous, Allochroous, Allogamous, Allogeneous, Allomerous, Allonymous, Alluvious, Altisonous, Aluminiferous, Aluminous, Alutaceous, Amarantaceous, Amatorious, Ambaginous, Ambagious, Ambidextrous, Ambigenous, Ambiguous, Ambilevous, Ambiparous, Ambitious, Amentaceous, Amentiferous, Ammonitiferous, Amnigenous, Amoebous, Amorous, Amorphous, Amphibious, Amphibolous, Amphigamous, Amphigenous, Amphigonous, Amphipodous, Amphistomous, Ampullaceous, Amurcous, Amyelous, Amygdalaceous, Amygdaliferous, Amylaceous, Amyous, Anacanthous, Anacardiaceous, Anachronous, Anadromous, Analogous, Anandrous, Anantherous, Ananthous, Anarthropodous, Anarthrous, Anasarcous, Anatiferous, Androcephalous, Andropetalous, Androphagous, Androtomous, androus, Anemorphilous, Anenterous, Anfractuous, Angiocarpous, Angiomonospermous, Angiospermatous, Angiospermous, Angiosporous, Angiostomous, Anguineous, Angulous, Anhelous, Anhistous, Anhydrous, Anisodactylous, Anisomerous, Anisopetalous, Anisophyllous, Anisostemonous, Anisotropous, Annelidous, Annotinous, Annoyous, Anodynous, Anomaloflorous, Anomalous, Anomophyllous, Anonaceous, Anonymous, Anserous, Antecedaneous, Antenniferous, Antheriferous, Antherogenous, Anthocarpous, Anthophagous, Anthophilous, Anthophorous, Anthraciferous, Anthropomorphous, Anthropophagous, Antibillous, Anticontagious, Anticous, Antidromous, Antilogous, Antimonious, Antipathous, Antipetalous, Antisepalous, Antistrumous, Antitypous, Antivariolous, Anurous, Anxious, Apellous, Apetalous, Aphanipterous, Aphidivorous, Aphidophagous, Aphthous, Aphyllous, Apiaceous, Apocarpous, Apodous, Apostematous, Aproctous, Apterous, Apyrous, Aqueous, Aquiferous, Aquiparous, Araceous, Araneous, Arbitrarious, Arboreous, Arborous, Archaeostomatous, Arduous, Ardurous, Arenaceous, Arenarious, Arenulous, Argentiferous, Argentous, Argillaceous, Argilliferous, Argillo-calcareous, Argillous, Armiferous, Armigerous, Aromatous, Arrenotokous, Arreptitious, Arseniferous, Arsenious, Artificious, Artiodactylous, Arundiferous, Arundinaceous, Arundineous, Asbestous, Ascigerous, Ascititious, Asclepiadaceous, Ascriptitious, Asomatous, Asparaginous, Aspermatous, Aspermous, Asperous, Assassinous, Assiduous, Astriferous, Astucious, Asymmetrous, asynchronous, Athalamous, Atheous, Athermanous, Athermous, Atheromatous, Atokous, Atrabilious, Atramentaceous, Atramentarious, Atrocious, Atropous, Atrous, Attiguous, Audacious, Augurous, Auntrous, Aurantiaceous, Aurichalceous, Auriferous, Aurivorous, Aurocephalous, Aurous, Auspicious, Autocephalous, Autoecious, Autogamous, Automatous, Autonomous, Avaricious, Avarous, Avenaceous, Avenious, Avidious, Azotous, Azureous, Azygous, Azymous, Bacciferous, Baccivorous, Balaniferous, Balsamiferous, Balsamous, Barbarous, Barbigerous, Barratrous, Basylous, Batrachophagous, Battailous, Beauteous, Bellicous, benevolous, Biangulous, Biantheriferous, Bibacious, Bibulous, Bicephalous, Bicipitous, Bifarious, Biferous, Biforous, Bifurcous, Bigamous, Bignoniaceous, Bijugous, Biliferous, Bilinguous, Bilious, Bimanous, Binominous, Binotonous, Binous, Biparous, Bipetalous, Biramous, Bisexous, Bisexuous, Bismuthiferous, Bismuthous, Bisulcous, Bituminiferous, Bituminous, Bivalvous, Bivious, Blasphemous, Blastocarpous, Blendous, Blennogenous, Blusterous, Blustrous, Boisterous, Boistous, Bombycinous, Bombylious, Boracous, Boraginaceous, Boragineous, Bounteous, Brachypterous, Brachytypous, Branchiferous, Branchiostegous, Brassicaceous, Bromeliaceous, Brumous, Bulbaceous, Bulbiferous, Bulbous, Bumptious, Burdenous, Burglarious, Butyraceous, Butyrous, Buxeous, Byssaceous, Byssiferous, Cactaceous, Cadaverous, Caducous, Caesious, Calamiferous, Calamitous, Calcareo-siliceous, Calcareous, Calcariferous, Calciferous, Calcigenous, Calcigerous, Calcivorous, Calculous, Caliginous, Callous, Calumnious, Campanulaceous, Camphoraceous, Campylospermous, Campylotropous, Cancellous, Cankerous, Canorous, Cantankerous. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-g-l-n-o-o-r-s-u-u"
	-2 letters: angulous, languors, orgulous.
	-3 letters: anurous, goorals, lagoons, languor, langurs, lanugos, ourangs, rugolas, ungular, uranous.
	-4 letters: algors, argols, argons, augurs, aurous, gluons, gnarls, gooral, gorals, groans, guanos, lagoon, langur, lanugo, largos, logans, lorans, lunars, orangs, organs, ourang, rugola, rugosa, rugous, saloon, sarong, slogan, solano, ungual, ungula.
	-5 letters: agons, algor, along, argol, argon, argus, arson, augur, gaols, gaurs, glans, gluon, gnarl, gnars, goals, goons, goral, grans, groan, guano, guans, guars, gular, gurus, largo, loans, logan, logos, longs, loons, loran, lours, luaus, lunar, lunas, lungs, nolos, nurls, orals, orang, organ, roans, rugal, rungs, salon, slang, slung, snarl, snool, solan, solar, solon, sonar, sorgo, sugar, sural, ulans, ulnar, ulnas, unaus, usual.
	Words containing the letters "a-g-l-n-o-o-r-s-u-u"
	+1 letter: unglamorous.
	+2 letters: languorously.
	+3 letters: granulomatous.
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