OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 28852

languid

/ˈlæŋɡwɪd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
lánguido
Of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm; apathetic, listless, spiritless, unenthusiastic.
George had an air at once swaggering and melancholy, languid and fierce.
I was languid and dull and very bad company when I wrote the above; I am better now, to my own feelings at least, and wish I may be more agreeable.