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languid

/ˈlæŋɡwəd/LANGG-wuhd
/ˈlæŋɡwəd/LANGG-wuhd

Meaningfaint

Common meaning: slow and listless

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√LAG‘be lax, to be slack or languid’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 317, p. 741 · scan
  2. Latinlangueō, languēre‘to be faint’
  3. Englishlanguid‘slow and listless’ · today

langu also in: languish

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin langueō ‘to be faint’.

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Related words

languish

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