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Word: Languish
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English (in the sense ‘become faint, feeble, or ill’): from Old French languiss-, lengthened stem of languir ‘languish’, from a variant of Latin languere, related to laxus ‘loose, lax’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈlaŋɡwɪʃ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of a person, animal, or plant) lose or lack vitality; grow weak
Short Definition:grow weak
Examples:- plants may appear to be languishing simply because they are dormant
Definition:
be forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation
Short Definition:be kept in unpleasant place
Examples:- he has been languishing in jail since 1974
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