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languorous, a.|ˈlæŋgwərəs|
Also 5 langorous, 6 Sc. langorius.
[ad. OF. lango(u)reux, f. langor languor n.]
†1. Distressful, sorrowful, mournful. Obs.
1490Caxton Eneydos iv. 20 Durynge the langorous tyme that polidorus tolde this vysion myserable. 1549Compl. Scot. Epist. 1 Ane..medicyne..to cure.. al the langorius desolat & affligit pepil. Ibid. vii. 70 Quhen this lady persauit hyr thre sonnis in that langorius stait. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. i. 9 Deare lady! how shall I declare thy cace, Whom late I left in languorous constraynt? 1834Beckford Italy II. 295 Then succeeded some languorous tirannas.
2. Full of, characterized by, or suggestive of, languor (see languor n. 4–5).
a1821Keats Sonn., The day is gone, Bright eyes, accomplish'd shape, and lang'rous waist. 1847Tennyson Princess vii. 48 A medicine in themselves To wile the length from languorous hours, and draw The sting from pain. 1879Mrs. Pattison Renaissance Art Fr. viii, The languorous sentiment of the Italian model was dispelled by the liveliness native to the French character. 1882J. Payne 1001 Nts. I. 155 Slender and sleepy-eyed, and languorous of gait. 1883Lady V. Greville Keith's Wife II. 95 She threw killing glances from her languorous black eyes. 1886Symonds Renaiss. It., Cath. React. (1898) VII. xii. 200 The devotion of the cloister was becoming languorous and soft. 1887Old Man's Favour II. 286 The atmosphere was..languorous and heavy with the rich scent of flowers.
Hence ˈlanguorously adv.
1875Howells Foregone Concl. 25 The air..was here almost languorously warm. 1879Athenæum 24 May 671 A portrait..of a young mother..languorously reposing in a crimson chair. |