languid

/ˈlæŋgwəd/

/ˈlæŋgwɪd/

Describe a slow-moving river or a weak breeze or a listless manner with the slightly poetic adjective, languid.

Languid comes from the Latin verb, languere, "to be weak or faint" and is a somewhat literary word for something that doesn't use much energy. If someone says goodbye to you with a languid wave of the hand, there's not too much movement involved. You can describe yourself as languid when you have that feeling of not being entirely awake — kind of lazy in the mind.

Definitions of languid

1. adjective

   lacking spirit or liveliness
   “a languid mood”

   “a languid wave of the hand”

   synonyms: dreamy, lackadaisical, languorous

   lethargic, unenergetic

   deficient in alertness or activity