languorous
だるい
解説 Definition
蒸し暑さや疲労によって生じる、ゆったりとした無気力な状態。精神的または身体的活力の欠如を表し、すべてのことが遅く感じられる様子です。
Languorous describes someone or something that feels pleasantly tired, slow, and relaxed, or sometimes weak from low energy. It is often used in literary or descriptive writing about movement, mood, or atmosphere. The word usually suggests softness and slowness rather than active energy.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず語族で覚えると定着しやすいです。languor（けだるさ）→ languid（だるそうな）→ languorous（けだるい感じに満ちた）という並びで見ると、共通する lang- が「活力が抜けて遅い」感覚を運んでいるとつかめます。-ous は「〜に満ちた」形容詞語尾。単なる tired や exhausted より、暑さや疲れで動きも気分もゆるく鈍る、文学的で少し官能的な響きがある語です。languorous afternoon, languorous movement, languorous voice の形で場面ごと覚えると忘れにくいです。
Learn it as a word family: `languor`, `languid`, `languorous`. The shared `langu-` sound gives a slow, low-energy feeling, and `-ous` means "full of," so the word feels naturally heavy and dreamy. It is more literary than simple words like `tired`. Phrases such as `languorous afternoon` or `languorous voice` are good memory anchors.
例文
The languorous heat made everyone feel lazy.
蒸し暑さはすべての人をぐったりさせた。
Her languorous movements suggested exhaustion.
彼女のだるい動きは疲労を示唆した。
The languorous atmosphere discouraged activity.
だるい雰囲気は活動意欲を低下させた。
languorous の類義語・関連語
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languorous の語源・成り立ち Etymology
languorous は名詞 languor に形容詞語尾 -ous が付いた語で、古フランス語を経てラテン語 languere「ぐったりする」にさかのぼります。力が抜けて長くしおれる感じから「だるい、けだるい」となり、関連語は languid, languish。
Languorous comes from `languor` with the adjective ending `-ous`. Through Old French, it goes back to Latin `languere`, meaning "to be faint," "be weak," or "grow tired." The sense developed from physical drooping or loss of strength to a general feeling of weariness; related English words are `languid` and `languish`.
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