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Nov 12, 2019
This week’s themeMisc. words
This week’s words
froward
listless
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PRONUNCIATION:
(LIST-luhs, -lis) 
MEANING:
adjective: Devoid of energy or enthusiasm.
ETYMOLOGY:
From list (desire, inclination), from Old English lystan (to be pleasing). Ultimately from the Indo-European root las- (to be eager), which also gave us lust. Earliest documented use: 1440.
USAGE:
“She grew froward -- by turns high-spirited and listless, voluble and dumb, doting and cynical.”
John Barth; Lost in the Funhouse; Doubleday; 1968.
See more usage examples of listless in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
John Barth; Lost in the Funhouse; Doubleday; 1968.
See more usage examples of listless in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature. -Auguste Rodin, sculptor (12 Nov 1840-1917)
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