Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me), it’s a fun way to improve one’s vocabulary by learning new words every week.
If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my WOW post.
HERE’S THIS WEEK’S WOW:
WORD:
Lassitute
PART OF SPEECH:
Noun
PRONUNCIATION:
/ˈlasɪtjuːd/
MEANING:
a state of physical or mental weariness
or
lack of energy
SYNONYMS:
lethargy, listlessness, weariness, languor, sluggishness, enervation, tiredness, exhaustion, fatigue, sleepiness, drowsiness, torpor, torpidity, ennui, lifelessness, sloth, apathy.
ANTONYMS:
vigour, energy, liveliness, sprightliness, spiritedness.
WORD ORIGIN:
USE IN SENTENCE:
- After the baseball game he was overcome by lassitude.
- This morning, lassitude is preventing me from getting out of bed.
I hope you guys like this word and hope it’s useful to you in some or the other way! If you want to check out more words like this, then visit my page:
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36 responses to “Word Of The Week (WOW #18)”
A good word for Fridays.
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Thanks a lot! 🙂
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i think this is a word I could find a lot of use for. Thanks for introducing me to it.
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Glad you find it useful! Thanks for taking the time to read it 🙂
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I really like the sound of this word, Heena. As someone has already said, it’s a good word fro Fridays. 🙂
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Thanks Millie! Yea… Fridays tend to bring a feeling of lassitude with them 🙂
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Great illustrations, Heena.
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Thanks Dagny! 😀
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Perfect word for me this week Heena!
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Haha! I guess, for me too 😉
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It is all fine, Heena, as long as you do not become the lass in lassitude….
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Haha! Yea, I agree!
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Love learning news words!
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Thanks a lot 🙂
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Thank you very much Heena Rathore P…..💗💗💗
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Thanks for visiting!
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Great word, Heena – I very nearly used it myself before settling on lackadaisical as my ‘L’ word. 🙂 Here’s the link to my WOW post: https://thestorytellersabode.wordpress.com/2015/05/11/wow-obfuscate/
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Thanks… I liked lackadaisical also when I was checking out words with L… hehe!
Thanks for the link… I’ll check it out right away 🙂
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Hello Heena. Here is the link to my WOW for this week:
https://milliethom.wordpress.com/2015/05/11/word-of-the-week-wow-16/
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Thanks Millie… I’ll check it out right away! 🙂
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Here’s the link to my WOW for this week: https://thestorytellersabode.wordpress.com/2015/05/17/wow-predilection/
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Thanks Louise! I’ll check it out by tomorrow!
Have a great day!
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Hello, Heena. Here’s the link to my Wow for this week (17th May):
https://milliethom.wordpress.com/2015/05/17/word-of-the-week-wow-17/
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Thanks Millie! I’ll check it out by tomorrow! 🙂
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Hi Heena, here is my effort with Lassitude:
http://summerstommy.com/2015/05/18/word-of-the-week-wow-18-lassitude/
Thanks Michael
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I’ll head over to the link and check it out right away!
Thanks for participating 🙂
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http://wp.me/p51kmE-4p
My WOW for this week
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