Definitions for languor

languor lan·guor

Spelling: [lang-ger]
IPA: /ˈlæŋ gər/

Languor is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 173 anagrams from letters in languor (aglnoru).

Definitions for languor

noun

  1. lack of energy or vitality; sluggishness.
  2. lack of spirit or interest; listlessness; stagnation.
  3. physical weakness or faintness.
  4. emotional softness or tenderness.

Origin of languor

1250-1300; Latin (see languish, -or1); replacing Middle English langour sickness, woe Old French Lat

Examples for languor

No languor, no dull headache, no exhaustion, follows your experience.

Who is he that would not, under such circumstances, sink into languor?

Under her mask of languor, Carlotta's heart was beating wildly.

"I think I will go in," says Charlotte, with a pretence of languor.

But languor at last overcame her, and she fell into gentle slumber.

From the eighth month she fell into a fever, into exhaustion and languor.

Frank Dalton was awake, but in all the languor of great debility.

Moderation is the languor and sloth of the soul, Ambition its activity and heat.

Outside the door of the anaesthetizing-room Miss Harrison's languor vanished.

On waking in the morning we all p. 263experienced languor and lassitude.

Word Value for languor
Scrable

8

Words with friends

12

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