lassitude

CEFRC2

/ˈlæsɪˌtjuːd/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A feeling of tiredness and lack of energy.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue, languor, listlessness

Examples

  • Counterintuitively, the cure for my lassitude was exercise.

  • We can't abandon our principles out of moral lassitude.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • /ˈlæsɪˌtud/

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In context

  • Rufus Dawes, though his eyelids would scarcely keep open, and a terrible lassitude almost paralysed his limbs, eagerly drank in the whispered sentence.

  • At Euro 2004 and the 2002 World Cup, Blatter commented this week, many stars were physically and mentally exhausted, and left an aftertaste of nonchalance and lassitude.

  • "Then it's No, darling?" he said at last. She gave a gesture of lassitude. She was exhausted. "The studio is yours. Everything belongs to you. If you want to bring him here, how can I prevent you?"

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Question 1 · Quick check

After the long illness, he felt extreme blank and could barely lift his head.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from French lassitude, from Latin lassitūdō (“faintness, weariness”), from lassus (“faint, weary”), perhaps for *ladtus, and thus akin to English late.