different between lethargic vs languorous
lethargic
English
Alternative forms
- lethargick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????????? (l?thargikós), from ???????? (l?thargos, “forgetful, lethargic”), from ???? (l?th?, “a forgetting, forgetfulness”) (from which Lethe (“river in Hades”)) + ????? (argós, “not working”)
Pronunciation
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /l?????d??k/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /l?????d??k/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /l?????.d??k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d??k
Adjective
lethargic (comparative more lethargic, superlative most lethargic)
- sluggish, slow
- indifferent, apathetic
Synonyms
- torpid
- lazy
- unmoving
Related terms
- alethic, alethiology, philalethia
- lethargy
- Lethe
Translations
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languorous
English
Alternative forms
- langorous
- langourous
- languourous
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?læ???r?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?læ?(?)?r?s/
- Hyphenation: lan?guo?rous
Etymology
From Middle French langoreux
Adjective
languorous (comparative more languorous, superlative most languorous)
- lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical.
- 8 August 2018, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky in AV Club, Jason Statham fighting a giant shark should be a lot more fun than The Meg
- After a languorous stretch of exposition that introduces a lot of pseudoscientific mumbo-jumbo and enough supporting characters to fill a Dickens novel (played by the likes of Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis, and Ruby Rose), we follow a three-person submersible down to the ocean depths.
- 8 August 2018, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky in AV Club, Jason Statham fighting a giant shark should be a lot more fun than The Meg
Related terms
- languid
- languish
- languor
Translations
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