All 5 Uses of
languid
in
Frankenstein
- Sometimes my pulse beat so quickly and hardly that I felt the palpitation of every artery; at others, I nearly sank to the ground through languor and extreme weakness.†
Chpt 5 *
- I visited Edinburgh with languid eyes and mind; and yet that city might have interested the most unfortunate being.†
Chpt 19
- I turned with loathing from the woman who could utter so unfeeling a speech to a person just saved, on the very edge of death; but I felt languid and unable to reflect on all that had passed.†
Chpt 21
- I rushed towards her and embraced her with ardour, but the deadly languor and coldness of the limbs told me that what I now held in my arms had ceased to be the Elizabeth whom I had loved and cherished.†
Chpt 23
- They retired and I turned towards my friend, but he was sunk in languor and almost deprived of life.†
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(languid) lacking energy or relaxed or moving slowly