lassitude

Definition

Lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue, languor, listlessness

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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?""