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lassitude|ˈlæsɪtjuːd|
[a. F. lassitude, ad. L. lassitūdo f. lassus weary.]
The condition of being weary whether in body or mind; a flagging of the bodily or mental powers; indifference to exertion; weariness; an instance of this.
1533Elyot Cast. Helthe (1541) 84 b, Lassitude is a disposition towarde syckenesse, wherin a man feleth a soorenesse, a swellinge or an inflammation. 1581Mulcaster Positions xxxiii. (1887) 119 Though they faint, and feele some little lassitude and wearines. 1626Bacon Sylva §730 Lassitude is remedied by bathing or anointing with oil and warm water. 1647Trapp Comm. Matt. ix. 37 Such as will labour to lassitude. 1653H. More Conject. Cabbal. (1713) 19 Lassitude of Contemplation, and of Affectation of Immateriality..brought upon him remisness and drowsiness to such like exercises. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) II. ii. ii. i. 115 Ordinary Lassitudes, Uneasinesses, and Defects of Disposition. 1756Burke Subl. & B. iv. vi, A long exercise of the mental powers induces a remarkable lassitude of the whole body. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola xvi, The feverish excitement..had given place to a dull, regretful lassitude. 1886Ruskin Præterita I. 307 Periods of renewed enthusiasm after intervals of lassitude. |