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lassitude

[las-i-tood, -tyood] / ˈlæs ɪˌtud, -ˌtjud /


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And it carried an implicit warning: If America ever ceases to be as Hilda—godly, uncompromising, moral, dutiful and good—the moss-covered lassitude of Hawthorne’s Rome awaits us too.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

His tone, however, belied the lassitude of a man who increasingly struggles to hide his age behind all that makeup.

From Salon Jan. 21, 2025

There were moments during my screening at which I thought I was attending an exorcism; the movie makes you feel thrown by the power of cinema to shake us out of our lassitude.

From Los Angeles Times May 25, 2024

Soccer’s lassitude and swooped in and got him to sign.

From Slate Mar. 25, 2021

They all lounged in glamorous lassitude on the sofa, and on the rug, while heavy rock, which Ifemelu thought was unharmonious noise, played on the CD player.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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