languid
adjective/ˈlæŋɡwɪd/
/ˈlæŋɡwɪd/
- moving slowly in an attractive way, not needing energy or effort
- a languid wave of the hand
- a languid afternoon in the sun
Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally meaning weak or faint from illness or fatigue): from French languide or Latin languidus, from languere, related to laxus ‘loose, lax’.Definitions on the go
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