different between lifeless vs languorous

English

Etymology

From Middle English lyfles, lifles, from Old English l?fl?as (“lifeless”), equivalent to life +? -less. Cognate with West Frisian libbensleas (“lifeless”), Dutch levenloos (“lifeless”), German leblos (“lifeless”), Danish livløs (“lifeless”), Swedish livlös (“lifeless”), Icelandic líflaus (“lifeless”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?fl?s/
• Hyphenation: life?less

Adjective

lifeless (comparative more lifeless, superlative most lifeless)

1. inanimate; having no life
2. dead; having lost life
3. uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life
4. dull or lacking vitality

Derived terms

• lifelessly
• lifelessness

Translations

Anagrams

• fileless, self-lies

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)

1. 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.

Related terms

• languid
• languish
• languor

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