different between acquiescent vs listless

English

Etymology

From Latin acquiescens, -entis; present participle.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æ?kwi.?sn?t/

Adjective

acquiescent (comparative more acquiescent, superlative most acquiescent)

1. willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance
2. resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit

Synonyms

• (conceding to a sin or crime): complicit

Derived terms

• acquiescently

Related terms

Translations

See also

• quiescent

References

• acquiescent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Verb

acquiescent

1. third-person plural present indicative of acquiescer
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of acquiescer

Latin

Verb

acqui?scent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of acqui?sc?

English

Etymology

From Middle English lystles, equivalent to list (“desire”) +? -less. Compare Dutch lusteloos (“lethargic, listless”). Doublet of lustless.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?stl?s/

Adjective

listless (comparative more listless, superlative most listless)

1. Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.
   • 1818, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein, ch. 18:

     I passed whole days on the lake alone in a little boat, watching the clouds and listening to the rippling of the waves, silent and listless.

   • 1861, Charlotte M. Yonge, The Stokesley Secret, ch. 6:

     What an entirely different set of beings were those Stokesley children in lesson-time. . . . Poor, listless, stolid, deplorable logs, with bowed backs and crossed ankles, pipy voices and heavy eyes!

   • 1901, William Somerset Maugham, The Hero, ch. 21:

     The scene with Mrs. Wallace had broken his spirit, and he was listless now, indifferent to what happened.

   • 2005 Nov. 29, Aryn Baker, "John Hardy: Bali Guy," Time:

     “Listless, inattentive, distracted,” he recited. “A daydreamer. Tries his best, but is too slow.”

Derived terms

• listlessly
• listlessness

Translations

Anagrams

• slitless