languisher
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lan·guish
(lăng′gwĭsh)intr.v. lan·guished, lan·guish·ing, lan·guish·es
1. To be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor: crops languishing from a lack of rain.
2. To exist or continue in miserable or disheartening conditions: languished away in prison.
3. To remain unattended or be neglected: legislation that continued to languish in committee.
4. To become downcast or pine away in longing: languish apart from friends and family; languish for a change from dull routine.
[Middle English languishen, from Old French languir, languiss-, from Latin languēre, to be languid; see slēg- in Indo-European roots.]
lan′guish·er n.
lan′guish·ing·ly adv.
lan′guish·ment n.
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languisher
(ˈlæŋɡwɪʃə)n
literary someone who languishes or behaves in a languid manner
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| Noun | 1. | languisher - a person who languishes unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune |
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