languor.

A state of reduced energy or activity, from weariness or relaxed ease.

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Words that belong together

• summer languor
• languor of exhaustion

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Summer languor slowed every gesture in the house.

The languor of exhaustion held him on the bench after the others left.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.