- Today's Word
Lassitude
LASS-ih-tood
Definition
(noun) A state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy.
Example
After weeks of stress, he sank into a kind of emotional lassitude.
Fun Fact
Lassitude is often used in literary writing to evoke more than just fatigue—it suggests a kind of defeated sluggishness that feels heavy and existential. It shares roots with “latitude” (from Latin latus, meaning wide), as if your energy is stretched too thin. Think more post-burnout melancholy than “just need a nap.”
(noun) The quality of being truthful, accurate, and habitually disposed toward honesty in all matters.
The journalist’s veracity was never questioned — not because she never made mistakes, but because she corrected them faster than anyone else in the room.