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Languishing Languishing Lan"guish*ing, a.
1. Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and
strength.
2. Amorously pensive; as, languishing eyes, or look.
Languishing Languish Lan"guish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Languished; p. pr. &
vb. n. Languishing.] [OE. languishen, languissen, F.
languir, L. languere; cf. Gr. ? to slacken, ? slack, Icel.
lakra to lag behind; prob. akin to E. lag, lax, and perh. to
E. slack.See -ish.]
1. To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation;
to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away;
to wither or fade.
We . . . do languish of such diseases. --2 Esdras
viii. 31.
Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me
landguish into life. --Pope.
For the fields of Heshbon languish. --Is. xvi. 8.
2. To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief,
appealing for sympathy. --Tennyson.
Syn: To pine; wither; fade; droop; faint.
Languishingly Languishingly Lan"guish*ing*ly, adv.
In a languishing manner.
