languid

/ˈlæŋɡwɪd/

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sıfat

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

  1. sıfat Of a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness or tiredness; faint, listless.

    “[T]he ſalt of vipers is alſo thought to exceed any other animal ſalt vvhatever, in giving vigour to the languid circulation, and prompting to venery.”

  2. sıfat Of a person or their movement: showing a dislike for physical effort; leisurely, unhurried.

    “Loth was he to move / From the imprinted couch, and when he did, / 'Twas with slow, languid paces, and face hid / In muffling hands.”

  3. sıfat Of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm; apathetic, listless, spiritless, unenthusiastic.

    “VVith ſecret Checks her languid Soule ſhe chid / VVhich vvith ſuch violence never yet did flame; / Her Eyes hung dovvn; her Cheeks vvere over-ſpread / VVith bluſhing (but vvith ô hovv guiltleſſe!) ſhame: […]”

  4. sıfat Of a colour: not bright; dull, muted.
  5. sıfat Of an idea, writing, etc.: dull, uninteresting.

    “[S]ome very languid remarks on the probable brilliancy of the ball were all that broke, at intervals, a silence of half-an-hour, before they were joined by the master of the house.”

  6. sıfat Of a period of time: characterized by lack of activity; pleasant and relaxed; unstressful.

    “Unknown to them, when ſenſual pleaſures cloy, / To fill the languid pauſe with finer joy; […]”

  7. sıfat Of a thing: lacking energy, liveliness, or strength; inactive, slow-moving, weak.

    “languid breathing    languid movements”

  8. isim Synonym of languet (“a flat plate in (or opposite and below the mouth of) the pipe of an organ”).

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