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Definition of languid adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

languid

adjective
 
/ˈlæŋɡwɪd/
 
/ˈlæŋɡwɪd/
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  1. moving slowly in an attractive way, not needing energy or effort
    • a languid wave of the hand
    • a languid afternoon in the sun
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally meaning weak or faint from illness or fatigue): from French languide or Latin languidus, from languere, related to laxus ‘loose, lax’.
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