languid
slow, lacking energy, inactive
TRANSLATION
schwach, träge
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
One day an organ-grinder (Drehorgelspieler), stationed himself outside Pietro Mascagni's apartment, began playing tunes from his opera Cavalleria Rusticana at roughly half the proper speed. Irritated, the composer rushed into the street.
"I am Mascagni," he told the organ-grinder. "Let me show you how to play this music correctly." With that, he gave the organ's handle several energetic turns and retired to his room.
The next day Mascagni was annoyed to hear the organ-grinder outside his window once again, still playing at an absurdly LANGUID pace. The man had, however, made one significant change to his routine. Looking out of his window, Mascagni was dismayed to find, posted above the man's head, a newly-erected sign reading: "PUPIL OF MASCAGNI."
Mascagni, Pietro (1863-1945) Italian composer noted for such works as his one-act opera Cavalleria Rusticana (1889)
The Italian language, Mascagni once remarked, has three degrees of idiocy: stupido, stupidissimo, and tenore.
"I am Mascagni," he told the organ-grinder. "Let me show you how to play this music correctly." With that, he gave the organ's handle several energetic turns and retired to his room.
The next day Mascagni was annoyed to hear the organ-grinder outside his window once again, still playing at an absurdly LANGUID pace. The man had, however, made one significant change to his routine. Looking out of his window, Mascagni was dismayed to find, posted above the man's head, a newly-erected sign reading: "PUPIL OF MASCAGNI."
Mascagni, Pietro (1863-1945) Italian composer noted for such works as his one-act opera Cavalleria Rusticana (1889)
The Italian language, Mascagni once remarked, has three degrees of idiocy: stupido, stupidissimo, and tenore.
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languid
Synonyms:
apathetic, dopey, draggy, drippy, drooping, easy, energyless, enervated, faint, feeble, heavy, impassive, inactive, indifferent, inert, infirm, lackadaisical, laid back, languishing, languorous, lazy, leaden, leisurely, lethargic, limp, listless, moony, phlegmatic, sickly, sleepyhead, slow, sluggish, snoozy
Synonyms:
apathetic, dopey, draggy, drippy, drooping, easy, energyless, enervated, faint, feeble, heavy, impassive, inactive, indifferent, inert, infirm, lackadaisical, laid back, languishing, languorous, lazy, leaden, leisurely, lethargic, limp, listless, moony, phlegmatic, sickly, sleepyhead, slow, sluggish, snoozy
