Lān'guid, a.

adjective

(lāng'gwĭd), a. [Lat. languidus, from languere, to be faint or languid; Fr. languide, It. & Sp. languido.]

  1. Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; weak; feeble; heavy; dull. “Languid, powerless limbs.” Armstrong. “Fire their languid souls with Cato’s virtue.” Addison.
  2. Slow in progress; tardy. “No motion so swift or languid.” Bentley.
  3. Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a languid day; languid movement.

Feebly she laugheth in the languid moon. Keats. Syn.—Feeble; weak; faint; sickly; pining; exhausted; heavy; dull; weary; heartless.