Word To Use Today: lassitude.

No, not a state resembling one of these:




but feeling weary, either physically or mentally, like this:


Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

No, that's all right, no thanks required. It's a pleasure. Really.

I'd hate to think of the word causing you embarrassment and confusion.

Word To Use Today: lassitude. This word came into English in the 1500s from the Latin lassitūdō, from lassus, which means tired.