lassitude means lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue, languor, listlessness. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 73 out of 100.
Why this word is great
LASSITUDE — [Noun] A state of physical or mental weariness marked by lethargy, listlessness, and lack of energy. From French lassitude, from Latin lassitūdō ("faintness, weariness"), from lassus ("faint, weary"). Unlike "fatigue," which implies the honest depletion of labor, or "lethargy," which suggests a leaden torpor, lassitude is a marrow-deep disinclination, the weary wisdom of the flesh seeping into bone. It is the leaden weight of limbs on a humid afternoon, the dull glaze over a page read too many times, the silent refusal of a single, necessary task—the body's quiet referendum on the pointlessness of motion, and gravity's victory over will.
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- Lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue, languor, listlessness“Rufus Dawes, though his eyelids would scarcely keep open, and a terrible lassitude almost paralysed his limbs, eagerly drank in the whispered sentence.”