What does languescent mean?
Languescent means (rare) Becoming fatigued or languid..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(rare) Becoming fatigued or languid..
[S]carcely have the languescent mercenary Fifteen Thousand laid down their tools […]
It had long been languescent and its revival in 1791 was due to the energy of Home Tooke; its membership was chiefly middle-class.
She arrived at the cabin at that late hour of the evening when the languescent river darkened to green-black satin, […]
Use languescent when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Languescent means (rare) Becoming fatigued or languid..
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[S]carcely have the languescent mercenary Fifteen Thousand laid down their tools […]
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