7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
adjective lacking spirit or liveliness
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-der. Latin langueō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin languidusder. Middle French languidebor. ▲ Latin languidusbor. English languid Borrowed from Middle French languide (“fatigued, weak; apathetic, indifferent”) (modern French languide), or from its etymon Latin languidus (“faint, weak; dull; slow, sluggish; ill, sick,…
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