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lassitude noun [ ˈlasɪtjuːd ]

• a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy.
• "she was overcome by lassitude and retired to bed"
Similar: lethargy, listlessness, weariness, languor, sluggishness, enervation, tiredness, exhaustion, fatigue, sleepiness, drowsiness, torpor, torpidity, ennui, lifelessness, sloth, apathy,
Opposite: vigour, energy,
Origin: late Middle English: from French, from Latin lassitudo, from lassus ‘tired’.


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