Posted on 10/12/2011 5:01:54 AM PDT by VRWCmember
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
languid \LANG-gwid\ - adjective
1. drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion; weak
2. sluggish in character or disposition; listless
3: lacking force or quickness of movement; slow
Example sentence:
The trial proceeded at a languid pace as each attorney called up a whole roster of witnesses to testify.
Extra Example sentence:
"From Gadhafi to Irene, the month that ended yesterday was hardly languid: London erupted, Steve Jobs resigned and the markets returned to crisis mode. Oh, and that earthquake, huh?" -- From a post by Zachary M. Seward on the Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy blog, September 1, 2011
Did you know?
The letter L holds claim to a payload of words in English that connote a lack of energy or enthusiasm. Two of them -- "languid" and "languorous" -- derive from the same source, the Latin verb "languēre" ("to languish"). "Languid" describes the kind of sluggishness that one often experiences from fatigue or weakness ("the illness left her feeling languid"). "Languorous" applies more to someone who just doesn’t feel the will to get up and do anything ("he felt languorous on a rainy Sunday afternoon"). There is also "lackadaisical," which implies a halfhearted effort given from lack of care ("lackadaisical seniors just floating along until graduation"), as well as "listless," which suggests a lack of spirit caused by physical weakness, dissatisfaction, or sadness ("she was listless for a few weeks following the breakup").
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid
Review Thread Six: Word for the Day, Tuesday 11/09/2004: Peripatetic (Post #125 may be my best anagram post ever)
Here is my example with today's WFTD:
With a languid economy, Zero still refuses to acknowledge that government doesn't create jobs, it destroys them; government doesn't create wealth, it consumes it.
No pushing at the door please!
Happy Humpday Everybody!
Only 
days left until BO's replacement is sworn in.
Get to class you slackers! I've opened a new classroom, but now I must discretely sneak back down the hall to dry off and get dressed. Anybody who tries to grab the towel off my waist will find himself (or herself) in detention.
Get to class you slackers! I've opened a new classroom, but now I must discretely sneak back down the hall to dry off and get dressed. Anybody who tries to grab the towel off my waist will find himself (or herself) in detention.
Get to class you slackers! I've opened a new classroom, but now I must discretely sneak back down the hall to dry off and get dressed. Anybody who tries to grab the towel off my waist will find himself (or herself) in detention.
OK. the triple post was due to the hotel internet connection and a proxy server error.
Good morning! Rumor has it Perry was more languid than energetic last night. We watched hockey instead.
Due to the top candidate’s languid performance in several debates, the entire landscape of the Republican field has changed.
I’m here, but I just woke up, and I am still feeling too languid to write a post. I’ll be back later.
Languid is a good word for one’s readiness to hit the snooze button several more times.
Fortunately for me, coffee still manages to dissolve it, at least the surface accumulation.
Were the coffee pot not in the direction of the exit, I would never develop the momentum necessary to be safely launched into traffic.
Languid is a good word for one’s readiness to hit the snooze button several more times.
Fortunately for me, coffee still manages to dissolve it, at least the surface accumulation.
Were the coffee pot not in the direction of the exit, I would never develop the momentum necessary to be safely launched into traffic.
good to see your languid behind posting the thread on a weds for a change! ; )
Missed the snooze button. My torpor was languid.
and since when did you take to wearing TOWELS to class instead of your normal buff?
truthy is soooo NOT languid today, bravo!
Thanks, my dear.
I saw languid his new girlfriend today at the mall.
To say the least and you made a good choice.
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