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linger

verb
/ˈlɪŋɡɚ/US/ˈliŋɡɚ//ˈlɪŋɡə/UK

Etymology

From Middle English lengeren, frequentative of lengen (“to stay, dwell, tarry”), from Old English lenġan (“to lengthen, delay, extend”), from Proto-West Germanic *langijan, from Proto-Germanic *langijaną (compare West Frisian lingje (“to linger”), Dutch lengen, German längen, Icelandic lengja (“to lengthen”)), related to the root of English long. Equivalent to linge or long + -er (frequentative verb suffix).

  1. derived from *langijaną✻
  2. derived from *langijan✻
  3. derived from lenġan — “to lengthen, delay, extend”
  4. inherited from lengeren

Definitions

  1. To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not…

    To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.

    • Still more foole I ſhall appeare / By the time I linger here
    • His tone lingered in the air, almost like the tone of a musical instrument.
    • She lingered in the window until the windy sunset died in bat-colored dusk; then, going to bed, she lay sleepless all night.

  2. To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction

    To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.

    • He lingered through the day, and died that evening as the sun went down.
    • During his absence the queen fell ill, and after lingering for some time she died.

  3. To consider or contemplate for a period of time

    To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.

    • Trump doesn't linger on the poll.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at linger. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at linger. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at linger

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA