Definition of LASSITUDE

lassitude

Meanings

Plural: lassitudes

Noun

  • a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
  • a feeling of lack of interest or energy
  • weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
  • Lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue, langour, listlessness

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French lassitude, from Latin lassitūdō (“faintness, weariness”), from lassus (“faint, weary”), perhaps for *ladtus, and thus akin to English late.

Scrabble Score: 10

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Words With Friends Score: 12

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