Languor

Definitions: Languor

Languor

Noun

1. A relaxed comfortable feeling.

2. A feeling of lack of interest or energy.

3. Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy.

Date "languor" was first used: 13th century. (references)

Etymology: Languor \Lan"guor\, noun. [from Old English expression langour, Old French langour, French langueur, from Latin expression languor. See Languish.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Languor

Synonyms: dreaminess (n), lassitude (n), lethargy (n), listlessness (n), phlegm (n), sluggishness (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Inactivity	Dullness; Adjective: languor; segnity, segnitude; lentor; sluggishness; (slowness); procrastination; (delay); torpor, torpidity, torpescence; stupor; (insensibility); somnolence; drowsiness; Adjective: nodding; Verb: oscitation, oscitancy; pandiculation, hypnotism, lethargy; statuvolence heaviness, heavy eyelids.
Physical Inertness	Noun: inertness, dullness; Adjective: inertia, vis inertiae, inertion, inactivity, torpor, languor; quiescence; latency, inaction; passivity.
Slowness	Noun: slowness; Adjective: languor; (inactivity); drawl; creeping; Verb:, lentor.
Weakness	Noun: weakness; Adjective: debility, atony, relaxation, languor, enervation; impotence; infirmity; effeminacy, feminality; fragility, flaccidity; inactivity.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Languor

English words defined with "languor": Dyingness ♦ Lackadaisy ♦ Qualmish. (references)

Specialty definitions using "languor": Winds. (references)

Etymologies containing "languor": Dyingness. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Languor" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (faintness, feebleness, languor, languor apathy, lassitude).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Wounds my heart with a monotonous languor. (The Longest Day; writing credit: Romain Gary; James Jones)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	There was a languor, a want of spirits, a want of union, which could not be got over.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Her languor was less.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	He closed his eyes in the languor of sleep.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Languor" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Languor" is used about 39 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
Noun (singular)	100%	39	55,036

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "languor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		ligështi (debility, faintness, feebleness, weakness), lëngatë (languidness), qetësi (calm, calmness, composure, coolness, countenance, dispassion, ease, equanimity, imperturbability, keep quiet, mum, order, peace, placidity, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, quietude, serenity, shut up, silence, still, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity, unconcern), plogështi (angularity, apathy, idleness, inaction, indolence, inertia, lassitude, phlegm, sloth, tardiness, torpor), molisje (debilitation, weakness), kapitje (lassitude), këputje (break, rupture, weariness), indiferencë (coldness, disinterest, listlessness), dobësi (adynamia, anaemia, anemia, debility, delicacy, disease, failing, feebleness, flabbiness, flaccidity, fragility, frailty, goneness, impotence, impotency, inanimation, inanition, inanity, infirmity, labefaction, languish, laxness, leanness, limpness, malady, marasmus, reaction, sinking, tabescence, tenuity, vulnerability, washiness, weakness), butësi (clemency, delicacy, ductility, flabbiness, geniality, gentleness, girlishness, laxity, lenience, leniency, lenity, lightness, meekness, mercifulness, mildness, placability, tenderness, velvet). (various references)

Arabic		‏كسل (drowse, idleness, inaction, inactivity, indolence, inertia, lassitude, laziness, lethargy, sloth, slothful, sluggard, sluggishness), ‏وهن (asthenia, attenuate, attenuation, damp, dampen, debilitate, debility, decay, discouragement, distemper, droop, enervate, enfeeble, extenuate, feebleness, imitators, infirmity, invalidate, languish, languishment, pall, relax, sap, shrivel, sickliness, thin, weak spot, weaken, weaklings), ‏تعب (failure, fatigue, go flat out, grow tired, languishment, lassitude, pan, punish, stress, take trouble, tell on, tire, tiredness, toil, try, tucker, weariness, weary), ‏تراخ (inaction, indolence, lassitude), ‏ضعف (attenuation, backwardness, crack, craze, debility, decrepitude, defect, delicacy, emaciation, enervation, failing, failure, fainting, feebleness, flabbiness, flightiness, frailness, frailty, grogginess, imitators, impairment, impotence, inadequacy, incapability, infirmity, lameness, limp, limpness, shakiness, sickliness, sleeplessness, tenuousness, twice, uneasiness, weak spot, weaklings, weakness). (various references)

Bulgarian		отмала, отпуснатост (enervation, flabbiness, laxity, lethargy, looseness, slouch), замечтаност (reverie, wool gathering), апатия (accidie, acedia, apathy, indifference, insensibility, lassitude, torpor), безразличие (disinterest, frigidity, incuriosity, indifference, insensibility, torpidity, unconcern), премалялост, притома, подтискащо затишие. (various references)

Chinese		倦� . (various references)

Czech		otupìlost (stupor). (various references)

Farsi		فتور, پژمردگی (Welter), مستی (Drunk, Inebriety, Rut, Spree), ماندگی , ضعف (Depauperation, Infirmity, Swoon). (various references)

Finnish		velttous (inertia, slackness), raukeus (faintness, lassitude). (various references)

French		langueur (languidness, languishment), paresse (laziness), indolence (laziness). (various references)

German		mattigkeit (faintness, languidness, lassitude, limpness, weakness, weariness). (various references)

Greek		χαύνωση (flaccidness, mental numbness, stupor), χαυνότησ (flabbiness), ατονία (debility, infirmity, lassitude, laxity, listlessness, nervelessness, prostration, tonelessness, weakness), αδυναμία (asthenia, debility, delicacy, feebleness, flabbiness, foible, frailness, frailty, inability, infirmity, lassitude, puniness, shortcoming, weakliness, weakness). (various references)

Hebrew		עיפות (fatigue, languishment, lassitude, tiredness, weariness), חולש�" (debility, distemper, faintness, feebleness, flabbiness, frailness, frailty, infirmity, languishment, laxation, weakness), חוסר מרץ (languishment). (various references)

Hungarian		lankadtság (droop, enervation, languidity), bágyadtság (droop, enervation, lassitude), epekedés (craving, languishment, pining, yearning). (various references)

Indonesian		kelesuan (apatheticy). (various references)

Italian		languore (debility). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		倦� (boredom, fatigue, weariness). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		け�"たい (boredom, combination, combined use, fatigue, filling two positions, give one's body to a hospital for medical research, sample, serving two purposes, specimen, sword belt, weariness). (various references)

Manx		shymlid (decline, languishment), lhiastid (diffidence, idleness, inaction, inactivity, indisposition, indolence, languidness, lassitude, laziness, reluctance, sloth, slowness, sluggishness), lag-vree, laggid (hollowness, looseness, slackness), annoonid (frailty, weakness). (various references)

Norwegian		sløvhetstilstand. (various references)

Pig Latin		anguorlay

Portuguese		langor (apathy, peal), abatimento (abasement, abatement, chill, collapse, damp, dejection, depression, despondency, discount, doldrums, drawback, droop, dropping, enervation, heaviness, leeway, mope, prostration, rebate, reduction, release, relief, remission, sag, sagging, settlement, slumping, small landslide, stress, subsidence, weekness), abatido (broken hearted, crestfallen, dead alive, dejected, depressed, despondent, dismal, down, downcast, down-hearted, dumpish, haggard, hagridden, heavy-laden, joyless, low-spirited, melancholy, moped, prostrate, reduced, wan, washed out, woebegone). (various references)

Romanian		lene (dullness, idleness, inaction, laziness, sloth), stagnare (atony, backwater, cessation, involution, lifelessness, malaise, paralysis, stagnation), slãbiciune (debility, decrepitude, defect, droop, failing, faintness, feebleness, flimsiness, foible, infirmity, leanness, liking, propensity, shortcoming, tenuity, weakness), obosealã (fag, fatigue, lassitude, tedium, tiredness, weariness), epuizare (break down, depletion, exhaustion, fag, weariness). (various references)

Russian		слабость (adynamia, asthenia, debilitation, debility, enervation, failing, faintness, feebleness, flabbiness, foible, fragility, infirmity, limpness, looseness, washiness, weakness, wilt), томление, отсутствие жизни, истома. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		usahlost, malaksalost (exhaustion), klonulost, iznemoglost (exhaustion, goneness). (various references)

Spanish		languidez (languishment, listlessness, market, market dullness, market flatness, market slackness, market sluggishness). (various references)

Swedish		vemod (melancholy, sadness), tryckande tystnad, tryckande luft, tröghet (inaction, inactivity, inertia, inertness, lassitude, slowness, tardiness), slapphet (flaccidity, laxity, laxness, slackness), slöhet (aparthy, apathy, bluntness, dulling, dullness, indolence, inertia, lassitude, laziness, lethargy, sloth, spend, torpidity, torpor), matthet (dullness, faintness, lassitude, tarnish, weakness). (various references)

Turkish		sükunet (hush, lull, peace, placidity, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, serenity, still, tranquility, tranquillity), huzur (audience, comfort, composure, ease, evenness, peace, presence, quiet, quietness, quietude, serenity, tranquility, tranquillity), hamlık (crudeness, crudity, greenness, immaturity, lack of condition, rawness, unripeness), halsizlik (debility, grogginess, infirmity, lassitude, prostration, sinking, weakness), durgunluk (backwater, calm, calmness, deadlock, deadness, inaction, inactivity, inanimation, inertness, placidity, recession, recessional, serenity, slack, slackness, slump, stagnancy, stagnation, stillness), cansızlık (inanimation, inertness, lifelessness, sluggishness, spontaneous generation, stagnation, torpidity, torpidness, torpor, washiness, weakness), bitkinlik (deadness, exhaustion, fag, fatigue, frazzle, lassitude, over-fatigue, prostration, staleness, weariness). (various references)

Ukranian		слабість (ail, asthenia, debility, delicacy, enervation, flaccidity, foible, illness, limpness, wasting, weakness), відсутність руху, мрійливий настрій, млосність. (various references)

Welsh		llesgedd (debility, weakness). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	languor. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Matthew Chapter 4, Verse 23
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai perihgen olhn thn galilaian o ihsouV didaskwn en taiV sunagwgaiV autwn kai khrusswn to euaggelion thV basileiaV kai qerapeuwn pasan noson kai pasan malakian en tw law
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et circumibat Iesus totam Galilaeam docens in synagogis eorum et praedicans evangelium regni et sanans omnem languorem et omnem infirmitatem in populo
Old English	990	West Saxon	And þa beferde se hælend eall galilëë.lærende on heora somnunge. & he wæsbodiende godspell. þas rices. & hælende ælcheadle. & ælce untrumnysse on þam folce.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And Jhesus yede aboute al Galilee, techynge in the synagogis of hem, and prechynge the gospel of the kyngdom, and heelynge euery languor and eche sekenesse among the puple.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And Iesus went aboute all Galile teachyng in their synagoges and preachynge ye gospell of the kyngdome and healed all maner of sicknes and all maner dyseases amoge ye people.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease among the people.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and making well those who were ill with any disease among the people.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Matthew Chapter 4, Verse 23
Bulgarian	Тогава Исус ходеше по цяла �"алилея, и поучаваше в синагогите им, и проповядваше благовестието на царството, и изцеляваше всякаква болест и всякаква немощ между людете.
Cebuano	¶ Ug ang tibuok Galilea gisuroy niya nga nagpanudlo sulod sa ilang mga sinagoga ug nagwali sa Maayong Balita mahitungod sa gingharian ug nag-ayo sa tanang balatian ug tanang sakit diha sa katawhan.
Chinese	耶穌走遍 � 利利、在各會 � � 裡教 �" 人、傳天國的福音、醫治百 �" 各樣的病症。
Croatian	I obilazio je Isus svom Galilejom nauèavajuæi po njihovim sinagogama, propovijedajuæi Evanðelje o Kraljevstvu i lijeèeæi svaku bolest i svaku nemoæ u narodu.
Danish	Og Jesus gik omkring i hele Galilæa, idet han lærte i deres Synagoger og prædikede Rigets Evangelium og helbredte enhver Sygdom og enhver Skrøbelighed iblandt Folket.
Dutch	En Jezus omging geheel Galilea, lerende in hun synagogen en predikende het Evangelie des Koninkrijks, en genezende alle ziekte en alle kwale onder het volk.
Finnish	Ja hän kierteli kautta koko Galilean ja opetti heidän synagoogissaan ja saarnasi valtakunnan evankeliumia ja paransi kaikkinaisia tauteja ja kaikkinaista raihnautta, mitä kansassa oli.
French	Jésus parcourait toute la Galilée, enseignant dans les synagogues, prêchant la bonne nouvelle du royaume, et guérissant toute maladie et toute infirmité parmi le peuple.
German	Und Jesus ging umher im ganzen galiläischen Lande, lehrte sie in ihren Schulen und predigte das Evangelium von dem Reich und heilte allerlei Seuche und Krankheit im Volk.
Haitian Creole	¶ Jezi t'ap mache toupatou nan peyi Galile a. Li t'ap moutre moun yo anpil bagay nan sinagòg yo. Li t'ap anonse Bon Nouvèl peyi kote Bondye wa a. Li t'ap geri tout kalite maladi ak tout kalite enfimite pèp la te ka genyen.
Hungarian	És bejárá Jézus az egész Galileát, tanítva azok zsinagógáiban, és hirdetve az Isten országának evangyéliomát, és gyógyítva a nép között minden betegséget és minden erõtlenséget.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Di Galilea, Yesus berkeliling di seluruh negeri dan mengajar di rumah-rumah ibadat. Ia memberitakan Kabar Baik bahwa Allah akan memerintah. Dan Ia juga menyembuhkan orang-orang yang sakit dan cacat.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka berjalanlah Yesus mengelilingi seluruh tanah Galilea sambil mengajar di dalam segala rumah sembahyang mereka itu, serta memberitakan Injil dari hal kerajaan Allah, dan menyembuhkan segala penyakit, dan melenyapkan segala aib tubuh orang di antara kaum itu.
Italian	Gesù andava attorno per tutta la Galilea, insegnando nelle loro sinagoghe e predicando la buona novella del regno e curando ogni sorta di malattie e di infermit� nel popolo.
Korean	예 수 께 서 온 갈 릴 리 에 두 루 다 니 사 � � 희 회 당 에 서 가 르 치 시 며 천 국 복 음 을 � � 파 하 시 며 백 성 중 에 모 �" 병 과 모 �" 약 한 것 을 � 치 시 니
Latvian	Un Jçzus gâja pa visu Galileju, mâcîdams viòu sinagogâs un sludinâdams valstîbas evaòìçliju, un dziedinâdams tautu no visâm slimîbâm un visâm sçrgâm.
Manx Gaelic	As hie Yeesey mygeayrt ooilley Galilee, gynsaghey ayns nyn gialteenyn, as preacheil sushtal y reeriaght, as lheihys dy chooilley hingys, as dy chooilley ghoghan mastey'n pobble.
Maori	¶ Na ka haereerea katoatia a Kariri e Ihu, whakaako ana i roto i o ratou whare karakia, kauwhau ana i te rongopai o te rangatiratanga, me te whakaora i nga mate katoa, i nga turorotanga katoa o te iwi.
Modern Greek	Η χαρις του Κυριου ημων Ιησου Χριστου ειη μετα παντων υμων· αμην.
Norwegian	Og Jesus gikk omkring i hele Galilea og lærte folket i deres synagoger og forkynte evangeliet om riket og helbredet all sykdom og all skrøpelighet blandt folket,
Portuguese	E percorria Jesus toda a Galiléia, ensinando nas sinagogas, pregando o evangelho do reino, e curando todas as doenças e enfermidades entre o povo.
Rumanian	Isus strqbqtea toatq Galilea, knvqyknd pe norod kn sinagogi, propovqduind Evanghelia Kmpqrqyiei, wi tqmqduind orice boalq wi orice neputinyq care era kn norod.
Russian	й ИП�"ЙМ йЙУХУ � П ЧУЕК зБМЙМЕЕ, ХЮБ Ч УЙОБЗПЗБИ ЙИ Й � ТП� ПЧЕ�"ХС еЧБОЗЕМЙЕ гБТУФЧЙС, Й ЙУ�"ЕМСС ЧУСЛХА �'ПМЕЪОШ Й ЧУСЛХА ОЕНПЭШ Ч МА�"СИ.
Shuar	¶ Ashí Kariréa nunkanam Jesus Israer-shuar iruntainiam etserki wémiayi. Yus ju nunkanam akupkatin chichaman etserkamiayi. Tura Untsurí sunkurjai Jáinian Ashí Tsuármiayi.
Spanish	Jesús recorría toda Galilea enseñando en las sinagogas de ellos, predicando el evangelio del reino y sanando toda enfermedad y toda dolencia en el pueblo.
Swahili	Yesu alikuwa anakwenda kila mahali wilayani Galilaya, akifundisha katika masunagogi na kuhubiri Habari Njema juu ya ufalme wa Mungu. Aliponya kila namna ya maradhi na magonjwa waliyokuwa nayo watu.
Swedish	Och han gick omkring i hela Galileen och undervisade i deras synagogor och predikade evangelium om riket och botade alla slags sjukdomar och allt slags skröplighet bland folket.
Thai	พระเยซูไ�"้เส�"็จไปทั่วแคว้นกาลิลี ทรงสั่งสอนในธรรมศาลาของเขา ทรงประกาศข่าวประเสริฐแห่งอา�"าจักร และทรงรักษาโรค� ัยไข้เจ็บทุกอย่างของชาวเมืองให้หาย
Ukrainian	¶ І ходив �'ін по всій �"алілеї, по їхніх синагогах навчаючи, та Євангелію Царства проповідуючи, і вздоровлюючи всяку недугу, і всяку неміч між людьми.
Uma	¶ Yesus modao' hobo' hi tana' Galilea pai' -i metudui' hi rala tomi posampayaa. Mpoparata-i Kareba Lompe', na'uli': "Neo' rata-mi tempo-na Alata'ala jadi' Magau' hi dunia'." Yesus mpaka'uri' wo'o hawe'ea tauna to peda' pai' to keru.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "languor": languorous, languorously, languors. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Languor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anguor, langoor, langor, langour, langu, languar, languer, languir, lanquor, Lengua, liguory, Llangower. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-g-l-n-o-r-u"
	-1 letter: langur, lanugo, ourang, rugola.
	-2 letters: algor, along, argol, argon, gluon, gnarl, goral, groan, guano, gular, largo, logan, loran, lunar, orang, organ, rugal, ulnar.
	-3 letters: agon, gaol, gaun, gaur, gnar, goal, gran, guan, guar, lang, loan, long, lorn, lour, luna, lung, nurl, oral, rang, roan, ruga, rung, ulan, ulna.
	-4 letters: ago, gal, gan, gar, gnu, goa, gor, gul, gun, lag, lar, log, lug, nag, nog, nor, oar, ora, our, rag, ran, rug, run, urn.
	-5 letters: ag, al, an, ar, go, la, lo, na, no, nu, on, or, un.
	Words containing the letters "a-g-l-n-o-r-u"
	+1 letter: clangour, languors.
	+2 letters: aureoling, clangours, granuloma, granulose, labouring, neuroglia.
	+3 letters: clamouring, clangorous, clangoured, flavouring, glamouring, granulator, granulomas, granuloses, granulosis, languorous, loungewear, neuroglial, neuroglias, outgeneral, outglaring, playground, regulation, unoriginal, urbanology, urogenital.
	+4 letters: belabouring, clangouring, dangerously, formulating, fulguration, granulation, granulators, granulocyte, granulomata, gratulation, nongranular, nonsurgical, outbrawling, outcrawling, outgenerals, outlearning, outrivaling, overhauling, overvaluing, pelargonium, playgrounds, regulations, sporulating, subregional, unglamorous, unignorable.
	+5 letters: agranulocyte, battleground, beglamouring, clangorously, congratulate, deregulation, edulcorating, fluoridating, fluorinating, fulgurations, gastrulation, glamourizing, granulations, granulocytes, granulocytic, gratulations, journalizing, languorously, neurological, nonglamorous, nonregulated, outgeneraled, outrivalling, outsparkling, pelargoniums, popularising, popularizing, promulgating, promulgation, repopulating, reregulation, unforgivable, unglamorized, ungovernable, ungraciously, urbanologies, urbanologist, urinogenital, vainglorious.
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