Lassitude Definition

lăsĭ-to͝od, -tyo͝od
noun
A state or feeling of being tired and listless; weariness; languor.
Webster's New World

Lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue.

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Noun

Singular:
lassitude
Plural:
lassitudes

Origin of Lassitude

  • From French lassitude, from Latin lassitÅ«dō (“faintness, weariness"), from lassus (“faint, weary"), perhaps for *ladtus, and thus akin to E. late.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin lassitūdō from lassus weary lē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Lassitude Sentence Examples

  • Moreover, he was crippled by incipient disease of the brain, which at first inflicted unconquerable lassitude and depression, and latterly agonizing pain.

  • Earlier this year he fell prey to a general lassitude.

  • They suffered, as did the Empire, from a general state of lassitude.

  • Instead of leading other nations with examples of good practices, we are infecting them with our own chronic lassitude.

  • Kutuzov still in the same place, his stout body resting heavily in the saddle with the lassitude of age, sat yawning wearily with closed eyes.

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