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lassitude

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈlæsɪˌtjuːd/Part of speech nounSorted adeilsstuStarts with LEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

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