Words / C2

LANG-uh/ˈlæŋɡə/

Languor is a dreamy or weary lack of energy, often faintly pleasant (literary): summer languor, a languor in the hall. Tiredness is everyday; languid (already in the dictionary) is the adjective. Lassitude and ennui (already in the dictionary) are heavier fatigue and bored emptiness; lethargy (this batch) is dull inactivity, not the soft hush. Do not let post-gala languor stand in for a named warden.

Meaning

A pleasant or weary lack of energy; dreamy stillness (literary).

Examples

• “Languor after the gala is not cover for an unnamed fire warden.”
• “Tiredness is everyday. Languid is the adjective (already in C2). Lassitude is weary fatigue (already in C2). Ennui is bored emptiness (already in C2). Lethargy is sluggish inactivity (this batch). Atmosphere is design. Cover on the night is a name. The hush does not hold the key.”

Good to know

Dreamy tiredness (literary). Everyday: tiredness. Close adjective: languid (already in C2). Contrast: lethargy (dull inactivity — this batch); ennui (bored emptiness — already in C2). A gala is not a warden.

Near in meaning

lassitude, languidness, weariness, listlessness

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