D. Allan Posted March 30, 2007 Posted March 30, 2007 lan·guid (lang-gwid) –adjective 1. lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner. 2. lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent. 3. drooping or flagging from weakness or fatigue; faint. [Origin: 1590–1600; < L languidus faint. See languish, -id4] —Related forms lan·guid·ly, adverb lan·guid·ness, noun —Synonyms 1. inactive, inert, sluggish, torpid. 2. spiritless. 3. weak, feeble, weary, exhausted, debilitated. —Antonyms 1. active, energetic. 3. vigorous. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. some examples: It is the fruit of the sentimental and languid literature which characterized much of the romanticism outside of Italy. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Leopardi There's a languid weariness about the poem's voice that belies the crushing message that all suffering is subjective ... - http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/68.html "As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold." -Jonathan Swift "To travel down each tributary into the languid poem of the hand." -Susan Erickson -this was discovered at: http://faculty.washington.edu/jnh/vol5no2/v5i2p11.htm Go there if you would like to read a delightful prose poem entitled Delightful Places to Kiss. Well, please let us see your original useage of "languid." Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
Dottie Posted March 30, 2007 Posted March 30, 2007 Wow! I'm not a poem, but it describes me, especially the listless, indifferent, fatigued part. Just today read one of my doctors' diagnosis of me: "malaise, fatigued." Quote
D. Allan Posted March 31, 2007 Author Posted March 31, 2007 this seems to be a languid thread! did you ever experience a languid handshake? We know how a languid smile appears. Creeping across a weary face... I admit, its not an exciting word... thus the languid response... Oh... i think i'll take a nap... Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
Parade Orange Posted March 31, 2007 Posted March 31, 2007 I am very much like Dottie here! If I dont have to move - I DONT! Every morning the holy men have to gather around my bed in the morning to raise me up from the dead in time to go to work!! Quote All progress in the Spiritual Life is knowing and Loving GOD"there is non upon earth that I desire besides YOU" PS 73:25That perspective changes EVERYTHING-suffering and adversity are the means that makes us hungry for GOD. Disapointments will wean us away wordly occupations. Even sin(when repented of) becomes a mechanism to push us closer to HIM as we experience His Love and Forgiveness.
Amelia Posted March 31, 2007 Posted March 31, 2007 Quote: did you ever experience a languid handshake? Oh my yes. The worst is the languid, moist handshake. Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p>
D. Allan Posted March 31, 2007 Author Posted March 31, 2007 Quote: The worst is the languid, moist handshake. gives me the shivers... ugh. excuse me. gonna turn a few pages in my dictionary... if they're not too heavy... Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
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