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Noun: languor  lang-gu(r)
  1. A feeling of lack of interest or energy
    "The summer heat induced a sense of languor in the entire town";
    - lassitude, listlessness
     
  2. Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
    "the general appearance of languor alarmed his friends";
    - lethargy, sluggishness, phlegm, flatness
     
  3. A relaxed comfortable feeling
    "A sense of languor overcame her as she lay in the hammock";
    - dreaminess
     
  4. Oppressively still air
    "the afternoon was hot, quiet, and heavy with languor"; "Summer shows all the languor of a hot, breezeless day as the dancer lazily brushes her hand over her brow"

Derived forms: languors

Type of: air current, apathy, current of air, easiness, inactiveness, inactivity, inertia, relaxation, wind

Encyclopedia: Languor