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Webster 1913 Edition
Lassitude
Las′si-tude
(lăs′sĭ-tūd)
, Noun.
A condition of the body, or mind, when its voluntary functions are performed with difficulty, and only by a strong exertion of the will; languor; debility; weariness.
The corporeal instruments of action being strained to a high pitch . . . will soon feel a
lassitude
. Barrow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lassitude
LAS'SITUDE
,Noun.
1.
Weakness; dullness; heaviness; weariness; languor of body or mind, proceeding from exhaustion of strength by excessive labor or action, or other means.2.
Among physicians, lassitude is a morbid sensation or languor which often precedes disease, in which case it proceeds from an impaired or diseased action of the organs.Definition 2024
lassitude
lassitude
English
Noun
lassitude (plural lassitudes)
- Lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue.
- Listlessness or languor.
Quotations
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VII
- Rufus Dawes, though his eyelids would scarcely keep open, and a terrible lassitude almost paralysed his limbs, eagerly drank in the whispered sentence.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 25
- "Then it's No, darling?" he said at last.
- She gave a gesture of lassitude. She was exhausted.
- "The studio is yours. Everything belongs to you. If you want to bring him here, how can I prevent you?"
- 2004, "Is Slacking the Only Way to Survive the Office?," The Scotsman (Edinburgh), 16 Aug,
- In order to appear busy, one should pace around the office clutching files.... The best part of this ancient ritual is that it tends to make one's colleagues look away—just in case you and your papers are going to interrupt their own lassitude.
- 2004, Rob Hughes, "Soccer: The Olympic Flame Running Low on Fuel," International Herald Tribune (Paris), 11 Aug.,
- At Euro 2004 and the 2002 World Cup, Blatter commented this week, many stars were physically and mentally exhausted, and left an aftertaste of nonchalance and lassitude.
Translations
lethargy