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3 definitions 
 for Lassitude
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lassitude \Las"si*tude\ (l[a^]s"s[i^]*t[=u]d), 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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The corporeal instruments of action being strained to a
           high pitch . . . will soon feel a lassitude. --Barrow.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  91 Moby Thesaurus words for "lassitude":
     acedia, adynamia, anemia, apathy, atony, blah feeling,
     bloodlessness, blues, boredom, brain fag, cachexia, cachexy,
     cowardice, debilitation, debility, depression, disinterest,
     disregard, doldrums, drowsiness, dullness, dumps, enervation,
     enfeeblement, ennui, etiolation, exhaustion, eyestrain, faintness,
     fatigue, feebleness, flabbiness, flaccidity, goneness,
     heart strain, heaviness, hebetude, heedlessness, impotence,
     inanimation, indifference, insouciance, jadedness,
     lackadaisicalness, languidness, languishment, languor,
     languorousness, lenitude, lentor, lethargy, lifelessness,
     listlessness, mental fatigue, mental strain, oscitancy, overstrain,
     overtiredness, passivity, phlegm, powerlessness, prostration,
     satedness, sleep, sleepiness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness,
     sluggishness, slumber, softness, somnolence, stance fatigue,
     strain, strengthlessness, stupefaction, stupor, supineness, tedium,
     tiredness, torpidity, torpidness, torpitude, torpor, unconcern,
     unmindfulness, weakliness, weakness, wearifulness, weariness,
     world-weariness
  
  


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