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lingering

noun
/ˈlɪŋɡəɹɪŋ/US

Etymology

From linger + -ing.

  1. derived from *langijaną✻
  2. derived from *langijan✻
  3. derived from lenġan — “to lengthen, delay, extend”
  4. inherited from lengeren
  5. suffixed as lingering — “linger + ing”

Definitions

  1. gerund of linger

    gerund of linger: an act of loitering or waiting.

    • But through this insistent rhythm and rhyme, there are only questions and parenthetical pauses, interruptions and lingerings.

  2. That which lingers

    That which lingers; a remnant.

    • The lingerings of decent pride were visible in her appearance. Her dress, though humble in the extreme, was scrupulously clean.
    • Whatever little lingerings may have now and then revived in my mind associated with my poor old face had only revived as belonging to a part of my life that was gone—gone like my infancy or my childhood.

  3. present participle and gerund of linger

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

9 hops · closes at lingering

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

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