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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1461-1599
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Langor(o)us, -ourus, a. Also: -ur(o)us, -arus. Also altered variant: langorius. [ME. langorous (Caxton), OF. lango(u)reux: cf. Langour n.] Distressing, painful, grievous; distressed, afflicted.(a)1461 Liber Pluscardensis 386.
In this lyffyng langarus [v.r. langurus] Neuir to haue joy till he war deide a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 1210.
Hell is a hole of horrible myrknes Quhar licht is langorus [H. langurous] and no thing delitable 15.. Clariodus i. 1198.
Lang tyme remainit thay … To hold him out of thochtis langorus 15.. Ib. iii. 1042.
Thair fell on him … rememberance Of his ladie … That … Langourus absence so sairlie him opprest a1585 Maitland Quarto MS xxxviii. 46.
The faithfull messinger quhilk is the nicht To luiffaris langorous(b)1549 Complaynte of Scotland 1/9.
Ane immortal … medicyne to cure and to gar conuallesse al the langorius desolat & affligit pepil 1549 Ib. 70/32.
Quhen this lady persauit hyr thre sonnis in that langorius stait, sche began to reproche them … of ther neclegenes 1549 Ib. 122/21.
Nou thou art spulȝet fra al felicite throcht grit affliction of langorius tribulatione
