different between anemic vs languid

English

Alternative forms

• anaemic (UK)
• anæmic (UK, rare)

Etymology

From anemia +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ni.m?k/
• Rhymes: -i?m?k

Adjective

anemic (comparative more anemic, superlative most anemic)

1. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from anemia.
2. (by extension) Weak; listless; lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness.

Translations

Noun

anemic (plural anemics)

1. An individual who has anemia.

Anagrams

• Mencia, came in, cinema, iceman

Interlingua

Adjective

anemic (not comparable)

1. anemic

Related terms

• anemia

Romanian

Etymology

From French anémique

Noun

anemic m (plural anemici)

1. anemic

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?læ?.?w?d/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin languidus (“faint, weak, dull, sluggish, languid”).

Adjective

languid (comparative more languid, superlative most languid)

1. Lacking enthusiasm, energy, or strength; drooping or flagging from weakness, fatigue, or lack of energy
   • March 10 1753, (attributed to) Samuel Johnson, The Adventurer

     As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.

   • 23 March 1816, Jane Austen, letter to Fanny

     I was languid and dull and very bad company when I wrote the above; I am better now, to my own feelings at least, and wish I may be more agreeable.

   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 21:

     George had an air at once swaggering and melancholy, languid and fierce.

2. Heavy; dull; dragging; wanting spirit or animation; listless; apathetic.

Synonyms

• exhausted
• faint
• listless
• swear/sweer
• weak
• weary

Derived terms

• languidly

Related terms

• languish
• languor
• languorous

Translations

Etymology 2

Alteration of languet.

Noun

languid (plural languids)

1. A languet in an organ (musical instrument).
   • 1913, Standard Organ Building, page 150:

     As may be required, a small hole is bored in either of the languids, or in the back of the pipe in the space between the two languids. By this means, in addition to the current of air passing between the languids and the lower lip, […]

References

• languid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Gauldin, dualing, lauding