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Do you want a debt free life? Reduce monthly creditor payments. Reduce or eliminate high interest rates. Consolidate numerous bills into one easy payment. FREE consultation and information. . . 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Click here to apply online: http://by.advertising.com/1/c/62072/33750/114005/114005 <a href="http://by.advertising.com/1/c/62072/33750/114005/114005"< AOL users click here </a< =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Word of the Day for Tuesday November 20, 2001: languid \LANG-gwid\, adjective: 1. Drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion; weak; weary; heavy. 2. Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness. 3. Slow; lacking vigor or force. Deliberately languid, slow to rise to a dignified height, his handsomely graying wavy hair perfectly combed, Floyd sits most of the day with his long legs sprawled under his table. --William S. McFeely, [1]Proximity to Death . . . in the languid heat of Rome, late summer, late afternoon. --Matthew Stadler, Allan Stein With their strength, grace, and endurance, [they] move about naturally, freely, at a tempo determined by climate and tradition, somewhat languid, unhurried, knowing one can never achieve everything in life anyway, and besides, if one did, what would be left over for others? --Ryszard Kapuscinski, [2]The Shadow of the Sun (translated by Klara Glowczewska) _________________________________________________________ Languid comes from Latin languere, "to become faint or weak; to droop; to be inactive." References 1. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393321045/ref=nosim/lexico 2. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679454918/ref=nosim/lexico _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ You are currently subscribed to Dictionary.com Word of the Day as: susan.w.pereira@enron.com To subscribe to the list by email, send a blank message to: join-WordoftheDay@lists.lexico.com To unsubscribe via email, send a blank message to: leave-wordoftheday-301289Q@lists.lexico.com Subscriptions can be turned on and off from the Web at http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/list/ Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/ (C) 2001, Lexico LLC.
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