I passed the night wretchedly. Sometimes my pulse beat so quickly and hardly that I felt the palpitation of every artery; at others, I nearly sank to the ground through languor and extreme weakness. Considering the use of the word weakness in this line, what is the most likely meaning of the word languor? Obsession Fear Energy Tiredness

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Miranda Fry

26 July, 11:55

I passed the night wretchedly. Sometimes my pulse beat so quickly and hardly that I felt the palpitation of every artery; at others, I nearly sank to the ground through languor and extreme weakness. Considering the use of the word weakness in this line, what is the most likely meaning of the word languor? Obsession Fear Energy Tiredness

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Paxton Hernandez · Answer 1

Tiredness is the most likely meaning

Dickson · Answer 2

The answer is D: tiredness.

In this excerpt taken from Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the author makes use of the word languor meaning tiredness, exhaustion, weariness. In the excerpt there is a somber tone, befitting of this very famous Gothic novel, and clearly what is being expressed relates to a depressed bodily state.