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lingersome

adj

Etymology

From linger + -some.

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

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by lingering

    • Two days earlier he had received a visitor from Atlanta, Georgia, and it was still with him in a lingersome way, like smoke in your hair or gasoline on your hands.
    • A lingersome last glance downtrack for the self-absented Major.

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