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Languishment

Languishment \Lan"guish*ment\, n.

  1. The state of languishing. `` Lingering languishment.''
    --Shak.

  2. Tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness.

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languishment

n. 1 The state of languishing. 2 tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness.

Usage examples of "languishment".

As it was, she fell often beneath his reptilian eye, her dreamy insufficiencies and languishments tabulated and filed away for future reference.