Languorous

a.

1.

Producing, or tending to produce, languor; characterized by languor. Whom late I left in languorous constraint. - Spenser. To wile the length from languorous hours, and draw The sting from pain. - Tennyson.

Adj.

1.

languorous - lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon" Synonyms: lackadaisical, languid, dreamy

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