languished, ppl. a. Poet.
(ˈlæŋgwɪʃt)
[f. languish v. + -ed1.]
Reduced to languor, that is made or has become languid.
| 1621 G. Sandys Ovid's Met. i. (1632) 16 Cyllenius spyes How leaden sleep had seal'd vp all his eyes; Then, silent, with his Magick rod he strokes Their languisht lights, which sounder sleep prouokes. 1634 Milton Epit. March. Winchester 33 And the languisht Mothers Womb Was not long a living Tomb. 1667 ― P.L. vi. 497. 1671 ― Samson 119 With languish't head unpropt. 1693 Watts Death Mrs. M. W. Wks. 1813 IX. 298/1 Groaning and panting on the bed, With ghastly air, and languish'd head. 1697 Dryden Þneid x. 1013 The Troops..Their Darts with Clamour at a distance drive: And only keep the languish'd War alive. |