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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LAS'SITUDE, n. [L. lassitudo, from lassus, and this from laxus, laxo, to relax.]
1. Weakness; dullness; heaviness; weariness; languor of body or mind, proceeding from exhaustion of strength by excessive labor or action, or other means.
2. Among physicians, lassitude is a morbid sensation or languor which often precedes disease, in which case it proceeds from an impaired or diseased action of the organs.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness) [syn: lethargy, lassitude, sluggishness]
2: a feeling of lack of interest or energy [syn: languor, lassitude, listlessness]
3: weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy [syn: inanition, lassitude, lethargy, slackness]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin lassitudo, from lassus weary; probably akin to Old English læt late — more at late Date: 15th century 1. a condition of weariness or debility ; fatigue 2. a condition of listlessness ; languor Synonyms: see lethargy

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 languor, weariness. 2 disinclination to exert or interest oneself. Etymology: F lassitude or L lassitudo f. lassus tired

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lassitude Las"si*tude, n. [L. lassitudo, fr. lassus faint, weary; akin to E. late: cf. F. lassitude. See Late.] 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. The corporeal instruments of action being strained to a high pitch . . . will soon feel a lassitude. --Barrow.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Lassitude is a state of tiredness, laziness, or lack of interest. (FORMAL) Symptoms of anaemia include general fatigue and lassitude.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Weariness, exhaustion, fatigue, prostration, languor, languidness.

Foolish Dictionary

Slightly weaker. (See LASSIE)

Moby Thesaurus

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