languidness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin languidusder. Middle French languidebor. Latin languidusbor. English languid Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English languidness From languid + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The property of being languid.
There was some languidness latent in the Nigerian atmosphere that made her forget the meaning of time passing.
2005, Helen Oyeyemi, The Icarus Girl, Bloomsbury, page 70:
Synonyms
Translations (2)
pt languidez (property of being languid) · pt langor (property of being languid)