languishment
[ lang-gwish-muh nt ]
/ ˈlæŋ gwɪʃ mənt /
noun Archaic.
the act or state of languishing.
a languishing expression.
Words nearby languishment
languet,
languette,
languid,
languish,
languishing,
languishment,
languor,
languorous,
langur,
lani-,
laniakea
Example sentences from the Web for languishment
There is more in disease than the mere pang and languishment.
Hypolympia |Edmund GosseHe seems to have wasted life in discontent, by the rage of neglected pride, and the languishment of unsatisfied desire.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes |Samuel JohnsonWithout health life is only a languishment and an image of death.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. |Francois RabelaisIn whom can hardness of heart, sloth, rancour, languishment stand before that name?
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) |Henry Osborn Taylor