† languishnessn.
Obsolete. rare.
Languor, languid condition.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun]
wearinessc900
slemea1300
werihede1340
talma1400
aneantizinga1425
faintnessa1440
defatigation1508
languishness?1529
lassitude1541
tiredness1552
overtiring1598
attainta1616
languishmentc1620
exhaustment1621
prostrationa1626
exhaustiona1639
tiresomeness1646
lassation1650
exantlation1651
fessitude1656
faintingnessa1661
delassation1692
tiriness1697
languor1707
fatigue1719
exhausture1779
distress1803
exhaustedness1840
worn-outness1844
tire1859
dead-beatness1907
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > languor or lassitude
languishness?1529
lassitude1541
languishmentc1620
labascencya1656
languor1707
goneness1844
atony1847
?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman ii. v. sig. c.ij That languishenes shulde be voyded and put from the body [L. Fugienda et abscinenda sunt prorsus languora corpore].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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