languor

[ lang-ger ]

/ ˈlæŋ gər /

lack of energy or vitality; sluggishness.

lack of spirit or interest; listlessness; stagnation.

physical weakness or faintness.

emotional softness or tenderness.

Origin of languor

1250–1300; < Latin (see languish, -or¹); replacing Middle English langour sickness, woe < Old French < Latin

The attorney was in that state of fatigue of body and languor of mind in which the least trifle amuses.

The Castle Inn |Stanley John Weyman
On this occasion Leon showed nothing of that languor which he had previously affected.

The Living Link |James De Mille
"See what this man says: 'If you will only deign to grant me one half-hour,'" she repeated, with an imitation of languor.

Sister Carrie |Theodore Dreiser
The hour that precedes retirement for the night, when the early luxury of languor begins to take possession of the senses?

The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 |Various

There is a hush, and the sweetest song ever sung by sirens is heard, full of languor and soft seductiveness.

Richard Wagner |John F. Runciman

languor

/ (ˈlæŋɡə) /

physical or mental laziness or weariness

a feeling of dreaminess and relaxation

oppressive silence or stillness

C14 langour, via Old French from Latin languor, from languēre to languish; the modern spelling is directly from Latin