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▪ I. languor, n.|ˈlæŋgə(r), ˈlæŋgwə(r)|
Forms: 4–5 langur(e, langoure, 4–6 langor(e, 4, 6, 8 languour, (6 Sc. langre), 4–7 (8–9) langour, 4– languor.
[a. OF. languor, lango(u)r (mod.F. langueur), ad. L. languōr-em, f. langu-ēre: see languish v. Cf. Pr. languor-s, Sp., Pg. langor, It. languore of the same meaning; Romanian lăngoare ‘nervous fever’.]
†1. Disease, sickness, illness. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 3596 Sua has eild now þis ysaac ledd Þat he in langur lijs in bedd. Ibid. 14179 To ded sal noght his langur turn. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 16675 In langour lay he many a day, & deyde þe twelfte kalende of May. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xix. 142 He lechede hem of here langoure lazars and blynde bothe. c1425Lydg. Assembly of Gods 1853 In hele and in langoure. 1544T. Phaer Pestilence (1553) K iv b, [He] curethe..all theyre gryeuous soores, languoures and dyseases. 1590Spenser F.Q. iii. xii. 16 From thenceforth a wretched life they ladd, In wilfull languor and consuming smart. 1593Nashe Christ's T. 86 a, Hee will..heale euery disease and languor amongst you. 1609Skene Reg. Maj. 9 Gif they..verifies in the court, the infirmitie to be ane langour (or ane vehement seiknes of bodie or of minde). [a1850Rossetti Dante & Circ. i. (1874) 136 Over the curse of blindness she prevails, And heals sick languors in the public squares.]
†2. Distressed condition, sad case, woeful plight. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 4499 Bot ioseph in þat prisun lai, Wit langor lengand and with care. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xiv. 117 Beggeres..That al her lyf han lyued in langour and in defaute. c1386Chaucer Monk's T. 417 Off the Erl Hugelyn of Pyze the langour Ther may no tonge telle for pitee. c1450Lonelich Grail xxxvii. 606 Ȝif it so be that I from ȝow go, Neuere geten ȝe helpe ne Socour ȝow to bryngen owt of this langour. 1462Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 267 In whos tyme ther was habundaunce with plentee of welthe and erthely joye, withouȝt langoure. 1513Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 68 And how this lyfe is of no suerte Now in great languor now in prosperyte. 1590Spenser F.Q. iii. iii. 35 Whiles thus thy Britons doe in languour pine.
†3. Mental suffering or distress, pining, sorrow, affliction of spirit. to make languor: to mourn, make lament. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 24603 Mi sorful scurs Þat þai sagh ledd wit sli langurs. c1350Will. Palerne 986 His liif nel nouȝt for langour last til to-morwe. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋649 [He] hath swich langour in soule, that he may neither rede ne singe in hooly chirche. c1450Mirour Saluacioun 3769 In whas absence alwaye sho brent in swilk langoure. c1470Henry Wallace i. 270 For dreid thar of in gret languor he grew. 1470–85Malory Arthur x. viii, There he made grete langour and dole. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 58 b/1, I shal not brynge none of the langours no sorowes upon the. 1588Shakes. Tit. A. iii. i. 13 My harts deepe languor, and my soules sad teares. 1593T. Watson Tears Fancie iii. Poems (Arb.) 180 That she would worke my dollor, And by her meanes procure my endles langor. 1614Raleigh Hist. World ii. xxii. §5 (1634) 465 The text..saith, they exercised upon Joas ignominious judgements and that departing from him, they dismissed him in great languor.
b. Sc. [? associated with lang, long a. and v.] † (a) Longing for some object (obs.). (b) Ennui. to hold out of langer: to amuse.
1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. x. 457 To recreat the quene and hald her out of Langre. 1616Rollock On the Passion 383 If thou hast not a desire, but art afraid to flit, it is a token that thou hast no langour of God.
4. Faintness, weariness, lassitude, fatigue (of the body or faculties).
1656Blount Glossogr., Languor, faintness, feebleness, want of spirit. 1707Floyer Physic. Pulse-Watch 34 Great Evacuations produces Languor of Spirits. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 90 ⁋2 That can hardly fail to relieve the languors of attention. 1762Goldsm. Cit. W. xliv, All the senses seem so combined, as to be soon tired into languor by the gratification of any one of them. 1789W. Buchan Dom. Med. (1790) 141 When the fever comes on gradually, the patient generally complains first of languor or listlessness. 1818M. W. Shelley Frankenst. iv. (1865) 68, I nearly sank to the ground through languor and extreme weakness. 1874Blackie Self-Cult. 50 The feverishness and the languor that are the necessary consequences of prolonged artificial wakefulness. 1878C. Stanford Symb. Christ i. 31 In the midst of the languor or pains of death.
b. Expression or indication of lassitude, in the voice, features, etc.
1760–72tr. Juan & Ulloa's Voy. (ed. 3) I. 122 Here their pronunciation has a faintness and languor. 1783Pott Chirurg. Wks. II. 92 The eyes have now a languor and glassiness.
c. Habitual lassitude and inertia in one's movements and behaviour, want of energy and alertness (whether as a natural quality or an affectation).
1825Lytton Falkland 30 There was spread over his countenance an expression of mingled energy and languor. 1852Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. xvi, She now opened her eyes, and seemed quite to forget her languor. 1863Mrs. Oliphant Salem Ch. x. 171 That stick over which his tall person swayed with fashionable languor.
d. Tenderness or softness (of mood, feeling, etc.); lassitude of spirit caused by sorrow, amorous longing, or the like. Said also of a melody.
1751Johnson Rambler No. 94 ⁋2 The same languor of melody will suit an absent lover. 1791Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest i, The languor of sorrow threw a melancholy grace upon her features. 1792S. Rogers Pleas. Mem. ii. 170 A softer tone of light pervades the whole And steals a pensive languor o'er the soul. 1819Byron Juan i. cxiv, The silver light..Breathes also to the heart, and o'er it throws A loving languor, which is not repose. 1832Tennyson Eleänore 77 Whene'er The languors of thy love-deep eyes Float on to me. 1865Swinburne Poems & Ball., Dolores 67 The lilies and languors of virtue.
5. Of immaterial things: Depressed or drooping condition, want of activity or interest; slackness, dullness.
a1748Watts Improv. Mind i. xiii. (1868) 114 Academical disputation..relieves the languor of private study and meditation. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 153 ⁋18, I had formerly been celebrated as a wit, and not perceiving any languor in my imagination, I essayed to revive that gaiety. 1752Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 348 The arts must fall into a state of languor, and lose emulation and novelty. 1769Burke Late St. Nat. Wks. 1842 I. 89 Possibly some parts of the kingdom may have felt something like a languor in business. 1786W. Thomson Philip III, v. 329 A place..where she would be freed from the languor of her present solitude. Ibid. 353 Since that time, it [that monarchy] had exhibited a striking token of improvidence and langour. Ibid. 402 A manifest langour and irresolution appeared in her [Spain's] counsels. 1838Thirlwall Greece III. xxii. 218 Athens discovered none of the langour of recent convalescence. 1895Daily News 18 June 2/6 Extreme languor now characterizes the trade for field seeds.
b. Of the air, sky, etc.: Heaviness, absence of life and motion, oppressive stillness.
1728–46Thomson Spring 442 When the sun Shakes from his noonday throne the scattering clouds, Even shooting listless languor thro' the deeps. 1742Pope Dunc. iv. 304 Lily-silver'd vales, Diffusing languor in the panting gales. 1762Falconer Shipwr. i. 332 A sullen languour still the skies opprest, And held th' unwilling ship in strong arrest. 1772–84Cook Voy. (1790) IV. 1245 The sky became serene; but with a haziness and languor, as if the current of air, like water upon an equipoise, moved only by its own impulse. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. II. 220 The languor of Rome,—its weary pavements, its little life.
▪ II. ˈlanguor, v.|ˈlæŋgə(r)|
Forms: 4–5 langor(e, langur(e, 5 languowr(e, -uyre, -wyre, langer, 5–6 langour, 6 languer.
[a. OF. langorer, also langorir, f. langor n.: see prec.]
= languish v. (in various senses).
c1350Will. Palerne 983 He has langured for ȝour loue a ful long while. c1386Chaucer Merch. T. 623 (Corpus MS.) Now wol I speke of woful dauyan þat langureþ [v.r. langwissheth] for loue as ȝe schullen heere. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 73 Þei ben so feble þat þei dien, or ellis þei languren [v.r. langoren] longe tyme. 14..Circumcision in Tundale's Vis. (1843) 95 Salue unto hem that langor in sekenes. c1440Gesta Rom. ii. xxiv. 342 (Add. MS.) The lady for love be-gan to langour. 1470–85Malory Arthur ix. xx, He came to the herd men wandryng and langerynge. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 255 b, Our blessed sauyour..so thyrsted and langoured for the saluacyon of mankynd, that [etc.]. 1891A. Beardsley Let. July (1971) 24 ‘I should like,’ he [sc. Burne-Jones] says, ‘to see your work from time to time... I know you will not fear work, nor let disheartenment languor you.’ 1969Harper's Mag. June 37 America languors with an illness of euphoria brought on by our leaders. 1975N.Y. Times 11 May 73/2 It embraces contemporary English aristocracy at upper-crust social functions,..hedonistic Romans languoring in ancient cities, [etc.].
Hence † ˈlangouring vbl. n. and ppl. a.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 9565 Our kyng þat lay in langoryng. 1387–8T. Usk Test. Love ii. xiv. (Skeat) l. 59 Thus as an oxe to thy langoryng deth wer thou drawen. 1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 111 To vysyte the langurynge poure. 1552Huloet, Languerynge in care, sorowe or thought, languidus. |