languor
noun
[ ˈlaŋɡə ]
• tiredness or inactivity, especially when pleasurable.
• "her whole being was pervaded by a dreamy languor"
Similar:
lassitude,
lethargy,
listlessness,
tiredness,
torpor,
fatigue,
weariness,
laziness,
idleness,
indolence,
inactivity,
inertia,
sluggishness,
sleepiness,
drowsiness,
somnolence,
enervation,
lifelessness,
apathy,
• an oppressive stillness of the air.
• "the afternoon was hot, quiet, and heavy with languor"
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin, from languere (see languish). The original sense was ‘illness, distress’, later ‘faintness, lassitude’; current senses date from the 18th century, when such lassitude became associated with a romantic yearning.
