languēre

  • 41languid — adjective 1》 having or showing a disinclination for physical exertion. 2》 weak or faint from illness or fatigue. Derivatives languidly adverb languidness noun Origin C16: from Fr. languide or L. languidus, from languere (see languish) …

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  • 42languish — verb 1》 grow weak or feeble.     ↘archaic pine with love or grief. 2》 be kept in an unpleasant place or situation: he was languishing in jail. Derivatives languisher noun languishment noun (archaic). Origin ME: from OFr. languiss , lengthened… …

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  • 43languor — [ laŋgə] noun 1》 tiredness or inactivity, especially when pleasurable. 2》 an oppressive stillness of the air. Derivatives languorous adjective languorously adverb Origin ME (orig. in the sense illness, distress , later faintness, lassitude ): via …

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  • 44languish — /ˈlæŋgwɪʃ / (say langgwish) verb (i) 1. to become or be weak or feeble; droop or fade. 2. to lose activity and vigour. 3. to pine or suffer under any unfavourable conditions: to languish ten years in a dungeon. 4. to pine with desire or longing… …

  • 45craintif — Craintif, Meticulosus, Timidus. Craintif, ou qui est craint, Formidolosus. Estre craintif, Languere, Timidum esse …

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  • 46force — Force, Vis, Neruositas, Fortitudo, Virtus. Il se prend quelquesfois pour le dessus d une entreprinse ou affaire, comme, Il combatit si vaillamment que la force fut sienne, c est à dire, que le dessus du combat et la victoire fut à luy. Item,… …

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  • 47languir — Languir, Languere, Oblanguere. Fort languir et defaillir de force, Relanguere, siue Relanguescere. Qui languit, Languidus. Languissant d amour, AEger amore …

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  • 48oiseux — Oiseux, m. penac. adject. Feriatus, Laboris expers, Otiosus, Reses, Supinus. Gens trop oiseux, Homines otio nimio affluentes. Estre oiseux, Cessare, Compressis manibus sedere, Languere, Otia agere, Otiari, Otiosum esse. Demeurer en quelque place… …

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  • 49kŝ ē-̆ ro- (*ĝhē-̆ ro-) —     kŝ ē ̆ ro (*ĝhē ̆ ro )     English meaning: dry; bright (of weather)     Deutsche Übersetzung: “trocken”; vom Himmel and Wetter also “dry = hell, klar”     Material: Gk. ξερόν (only acc.) “festes, trockenes Land”, lengthened grade ξηρός… …

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  • 50languish — ► VERB 1) grow weak or feeble. 2) be kept in an unpleasant place or situation: he was languishing in jail. 3) archaic pine with love or grief. ORIGIN Old French languir, from Latin languere …

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