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What is the noun for languour?

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languor
  1. (uncountable) a state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling: lassitude
  2. (countable) listless indolence; dreaminess
  3. (uncountable) dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigor; stagnation
  4. (obsolete, countable) An enfeebling disease; suffering
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “The clean lines and beautifully minimalist room was built for languor and comfort, yet the atmosphere was buttoned-up with a starched collar.”
      “Everything seems to billow, there are clouds of this and drifts of that, totally in harmony with the languor of a drowsy summer day.”
      “After a long day of hiking, John collapsed onto the grass in a state of languor, as his muscles ached and he lacked the strength to stand.”
languishment
  1. The state of languishing.
  2. Tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness.
  3. Examples:
    1. “In whom can hardness of heart, sloth, rancour, languishment stand before that name?”
      “He seems to have wasted life in discontent, by the rage of neglected pride, and the languishment of unsatisfied desire.”
      “Sophia's beauty, which derived piquancy from a certain Oriental languishment of manner, was every where the theme of admiration.”
languoid
  1. (linguistics) A language, variety of a language, or group of languages.
languid
  1. A languet in an organ (musical instrument).
languorousness
languour
  1. Alternative spelling of languor
languidness
  1. The property of being languid.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The intensity of sentiment in these faces is like a disease, sharpening the lineaments and discoloring the blood, and putting all the suffering languidness of fever into the eyes.”
      “Such preeminence, and such languidness and inactivity, are things which could evidently not coexist.”
      “We meet in Soho, in a tall, skinny office just large enough to accommodate his 6ft 2ins of long-limbed languidness.”
languishness
  1. (obsolete) languishment
languisher
languishing
languishments
  1. plural of languishment
languishings
languishers
languours
  1. plural of languour
languoids
  1. plural of languoid
languids
  1. plural of languid
languors
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