Middle English: via Old French from Latin, from languere (see languish). The original sense was 'illness, disease, distress', later 'faintness, lassitude'; current senses date from the 18th cent., when such lassitude became associated with a sometimes rather self-indulgent romantic yearning
But for the criminal... languor which characterized that commander's movements... the honor of France might still have been saved?John Lothrop Motley). “如果不是因为罪犯…指挥官的消沉怠倦的行为…法兰西的荣誉或许能得到挽救”（约翰·娄斯罗普·莫特利）
