ppl. a. Poet. [f. LANGUISH v. + -ED1.] Reduced to languor, that is made or has become languid.
1621. G. Sandys, Ovid’s Met., I. (1632), 16. Cyllenius spyes How leaden sleep had seal’d vp all his eyes; Then, silent, with his Magick rod he strokes Their languisht lights, which sounder sleep prouokes.
1634. Milton, Epit. March. Winchester, 33. And the languisht Mothers Womb Was not long a living Tomb. Ibid. (1667), P. L., VI. 497. Ibid. (1671), Samson, 119. With languish’t head unpropt.
1693. Watts, Death Mrs. M. W., Wks. 1813, IX. 298/1. Groaning and panting on the bed, With ghastly air, and languish’d head.
1697. Dryden, Æneid, X. 1013. The Troops … Their Darts with Clamour at a distance drive: And only keep the languish’d War alive.
