lassitude
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈlæsɪˌtjuːd/ / /ˈlæsɪˌtud/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French lassitude, from Latin lassitūdō (“faintness, weariness”), from lassus (“faint, weary”), perhaps for *ladtus, and thus akin to English late.
- Lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue, languor, listlessness
“Rufus Dawes, though his eyelids would scarcely keep open, and a terrible lassitude almost paralysed his limbs, eagerly drank in the whispered sentence.”
“Rufus Dawes, though his eyelids would scarcely keep open, and a terrible lassitude almost paralysed his limbs, eagerly drank in the whispered sentence.”