Associations to the word «Languor»

Wiktionary

LANGUOR, noun. (uncountable) a state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling: lassitude
LANGUOR, noun. (countable) listless indolence; dreaminess
LANGUOR, noun. (uncountable) dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigor; stagnation
LANGUOR, noun. (obsolete) (countable) An enfeebling disease; suffering

Dictionary definition

LANGUOR, noun. A relaxed comfortable feeling.
LANGUOR, noun. A feeling of lack of interest or energy.
LANGUOR, noun. Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats