lassitude

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
  2. noun a feeling of lack of interest or energy
  3. noun weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy

Etymology

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

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Synonyms

lethargy, sluggishness

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