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languourous

languourous is the alternative form of languorous.

Meaning of languorous

Adjective

languorous (comparative more languorous, superlative most languorous)

  1. lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical.
    • The atmosphere beneath is languorous, and is so tinged with azure that what artists call the middle distance partakes also of that hue, while the horizon beyond is of the deepest ultramarine.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 12

Forms of languourous

comparativemore languourous
superlativemost languourous

Questions about languourous

What is languourous the alternative form of?
Languourous is the alternative form of languorous.

Words near languourous in the dictionary

  1. languorous
  2. languorously
  3. languorousness
  4. languors
  5. languour
  6. languourous
  7. languours
  8. langur
  9. langurs
  10. langutties
  11. langutty

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