Someone who is languid is thin and weak in appearance.
Languid is an adjective from the Latin languidus that refers to someone who is thin or tired, with a weak appearance . The term can also refer to a subject of little spirit or energy .
For example: “The strong man did not hesitate to hit the languid boy, causing serious injuries,” “Someday I will go to the gym and stop being so skinny and languid,” “Languid beauty and voluptuousness usually alternate in preferences.” of the designers” , “I like languid and tall men” .
Languid individuals
Languor can be linked to the physical or the spiritual . In the first case, it is usually associated with a type of beauty characterized by thinness, paleness and fine lines. Languor, however, is controversial as a beauty parameter since it can promote unhealthy behaviors.
If a girl of average weight wants to look beautiful and languid, she may adopt eating habits that threaten her health and contract diseases such as bulimia or anorexia .
The desire to become languid can lead to eating disorders.
The danger of anorexia
Anorexia is a disease that affects a significant percentage of the world's population, especially adolescent women in school. The number of young people who attend psychiatric and primary care consultations for cases of eating disorders is increasing.
The languid appearance of many high fashion models may seem artificial, unhealthy and even unpleasant to many, but there are some people who see those skinny bodies as a goal, as the peak of beauty and aim to achieve a similar thinness, starting thus a race that never ends .
Extreme thinness never seems to go out of fashion completely, and is often presented as a synonym for beauty, strength, success, health... In reality, it represents nothing more than "starving" to fit into sizes that do not correspond to one's own. texture. There is no campaign by health organizations that is worth fighting against this languid-looking thirst .
languid models
On the other hand, it is worth mentioning that in the large catwalks of international importance, not all the mandatory controls are carried out to ensure that the models have a body mass index equal to or greater than the minimum established by law. In this way, money and power once again manipulate the information that reaches the people, without paying attention to the terrible consequences that exposing inert bodies as trophies of beauty can cause.
In the eyes of medical professionals, excessively skinny models display an appearance comparable to that of a nervous anorexic person, and among the adjectives they often use to describe their bodies are languid, cadaverous and androgynous. It is difficult to believe that someone could want to show off such a poor and lifeless physique, but the multitude of cases of anorexia and bulimia indicate that these problems are far from being a myth or a battle overcome.
We must not forget that the environments in which these malnourished bodies are displayed are highly desired, since they usually go hand in hand with salaries that are in the millions and trips around the world.
Symbolic use of the concept
In the symbolic sense, languor is associated with something that lacks strength or that appears dull , without passion or the ability to move or excite. A languid social environment can be one where people treat each other coldly, there is no laughter, and there is an emotional distance between everyone.
Sometimes, the languid can be subject to the subjectivity of the person expressing it. A rock concert may be judged as entertaining and emotional by one person, but as languid and detached by another.