Usually means: Lack of energy or vitality.
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  1. languor: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. languor: Merriam-Webster
  3. languor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. languor: Collins English Dictionary
  5. languor: Vocabulary.com
  6. Languor, languor: Wordnik
  7. languor: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. languor: Wiktionary
  9. languor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. languor: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. languor: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Languor, languor: Dictionary.com
  13. languor: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Languor: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. languor: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. languor: Rhymezone
  17. Languor: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. languor: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. languor: FreeDictionary.org
  20. languor: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. languor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. languor: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. languor: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  (uncountable) A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; (countable) an instance of this.
noun:  (uncountable) Melancholy caused by lovesickness, sadness, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.
noun:  (uncountable) Dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigour; stagnation.
noun:  (uncountable) Listless indolence or inactivity, especially if enjoyable or relaxing; dreaminess; (countable) an instance of this.
noun:  (uncountable) Heavy humidity and stillness of the air.
noun:  (uncountable, obsolete) Sorrow; suffering; also, enfeebling disease or illness; (countable, obsolete) an instance of this.
verb:  (intransitive) To languish.

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