languid

a. [ L. languidus, fr. languere to be faint or languid: cf. F. languide. See Languish. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull. “ Languid, powerless limbs. ” Armstrong. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Slow in progress; tardy. “ No motion so swift or languid.” Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a languid day. [ 1913 Webster ]

Feebly she laugheth in the languid moon. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their idleness, aimless flirtations and languid airs. W. Black.

Syn. -- Feeble; weak; faint; sickly; pining; exhausted; weary; listless; heavy; dull; heartless.

-- Lan"guid*ly, adv. -- Lan"guid*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]