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Definition of Lassitude

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.

Definition of Lassitude

1. n. A condition of the body, or mind, when its voluntary functions are performed with difficulty, and only by a strong exertion of the will; languor; debility; weariness.

Definition of Lassitude

1. Noun. Lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue. ¹

2. Noun. Listlessness or languor. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lassitude

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Medical Definition of Lassitude

1. Weakness, exhaustion. Origin: L. Lassitudo = weariness This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lassitude

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Literary usage of Lassitude

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord by Francis Bacon (1824)
"The cause is, for that all lassitude is a kind of contusion, ... It is found also, that the taking of tobacco doth help and discharge lassitude. ..."

2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1884)
"1884 ; New York Med. Record.) Haemorrhage following Scarification of the Cervix. Febrile lassitude.—Under this title (courbature ..."

3. The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1848)
"Experiments in consort touching lassitude, 730. lassitude is remedied hy ... The cause is, for that all lassitude is a kind of contusion, and compression of ..."

4. Louis the Fourteenth, and the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century by Pardoe (Julia) (1855)
"Moral lassitude of Louis XIV.—Indecision on the Question of the ... IN such a state of moral lassitude as that by which Louis XIV. was now oppressed, ..."

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