languor \LANG-guhr; LANG-uhr\ , noun;
1. Mental or physical weariness or fatigue.
2. Listless indolence, especially the indolence of one who is satiated by a life of luxury or pleasure.
3. A heaviness or oppressive stillness of the air.
A lovely, expressive word that defines itself. I believe the first time I ever heard it said was in The Longest Day, one of the best WWII movies and one of my favorites.
This was broadcast to the French underground and freedom fighters to alert them that the invasion was beginning:
Blessent mon cœur d'une langeur monotone
"Wounds my heart with a monotonous languor."
From Chanson d'Automne from Paul Verlaine.
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