See listless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter I, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume III, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, pages 2–3:",
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"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "gevşek",
"sense": "lacking enthusiasm",
"word": "كوشك"
}
],
"word": "listless"
}
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