languid

  • 91(s)kel-3 —     (s)kel 3     English meaning: to dry out     Deutsche Übersetzung: “austrocknen, dörren”     Material: Gk. σκέλλω “trockne from, desiccate “ (trans., Fut. σκελῶ, Aor. ἔσκηλα; intr. Aor. ἔσκλην, perf. ἔσκληκα), σκελετός “ausgetrocknet”, m.… …

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  • 92(s)leup-, (s)leub(h)- —     (s)leup , (s)leub(h)     English meaning: to hang loose     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schlaff herabhängen(d)”     Note: only germO.N. and Baltic     Material: O.E. lyft “weak” = M.Du. luft, lucht “link”, oFris. luf ‘slack, tired “, O.Ice. lūfa… …

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  • 93(s)leu- —     (s)leu     English meaning: loosely hanging, loose, feeble     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schlaff herabhängend, schlaff”     Note: esp. with extensions; out of Gmc. only barely provable, in this but very reich entfaltet     Material: Unerweitert… …

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  • 94(s)lēg- : (s)lǝg- and (s)leg- —     (s)lēg : (s)lǝg and (s)leg     English meaning: weak, feeble     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schlaff, matt sein” (from “loslassen”), from ‘schlaff” about “weichlich” also “wollũstig”     Note: nasal. (s)leng (= leng ‘swing, waver”?)     Material …

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  • 95languidly — adverb in a languid and lethargic manner the men languidly put on their jackets • Derived from adjective: ↑languid …

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  • 96Bounding — Bound ing, a. Moving with a bound or bounds. [1913 Webster] The bounding pulse, the languid limb. Montgomery. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 97Fade — Fade, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Faded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fading}.] [OE. faden, vaden, prob. fr. fade, a.; cf. Prov. D. vadden to fade, wither, vaddigh languid, torpid. Cf. {Fade}, a., {Vade}.] 1. To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to… …

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  • 98Faded — Fade Fade, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Faded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fading}.] [OE. faden, vaden, prob. fr. fade, a.; cf. Prov. D. vadden to fade, wither, vaddigh languid, torpid. Cf. {Fade}, a., {Vade}.] 1. To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to …

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  • 99Fading — Fade Fade, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Faded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fading}.] [OE. faden, vaden, prob. fr. fade, a.; cf. Prov. D. vadden to fade, wither, vaddigh languid, torpid. Cf. {Fade}, a., {Vade}.] 1. To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to …

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  • 100Faint — (f[=a]nt), a. [Compar. {Fainter} ( [ e]r); superl. {Faintest}.] [OE. feint, faint, false, faint, F. feint, p. p. of feindre to feign, suppose, hesitate. See {Feign}, and cf. {Feint}.] 1. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as,… …

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