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Definition of Languishment
1. n. The state of languishing.
Definition of Languishment
1. Noun. The state of languishing. ¹
2. Noun. Tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Languishment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Languishment
Literary usage of Languishment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vital Records of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 by East Bridgewater (Mass.) (1917)
"Mark, languishment, Jan. 26, 1814, a. 10 m., CRI , wid., apoplexy, May 8, 1811, a.
77, CRI [Mary, [Elisha, s. Mark and Celea, a. 9 m., GRI] -, wid., ..."
2. London Encyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"By that count which lovers books invent, The sphere of Cupid forty years contains ;
Which 1 have wasted in long languishment, That seemed the longer for my ..."
3. Music: Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and Literature of Music (1897)
"... the dank earth weeps at thy languishment, So I at each sad strain will strain
a tear, And with deep groans the diapason bear. FRETS. —Rape of Lucrece. ..."
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