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languisous (1354)
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languisous (1354)

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languysous  
  FEW:  languere 5,162a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED:  languishous adj.  DMLBS:  languosus 1550a

a.

med.protracted and painful: 
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  jeo siu coupable de vostre hidous mort et la languisouse dolour de vous (=J.C.)  Sz Med1 98
♦emotion(of love) tormented, troubled: 
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  pur plere a diable et avoir le son amour q'est mult languysous (var. (C: s.xivex) anguisouse)  Sz Med1 80

s.

[gdw]

See also:

languir  langur  langurer  langurus 
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