lingering en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈlɪŋɡəɹɪŋ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈlɪŋɡɹɪŋ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
Etymology tree English linger Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English lingering From linger + -ing.
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund) gerund of linger: an act of loitering or waiting.
form of linger
But through this insistent rhythm and rhyme, there are only questions and parenthetical pauses, interruptions and lingerings.
2000, David S. Reynolds, A Historical Guide to Walt Whitman, page 73:
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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.
1819 September 13, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Widow and Her Son”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number III, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 210: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.
1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lingerings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
ga leadrán (act of lingering or waiting) · es prolongado (act of lingering or waiting) · ru ожидание (act of lingering or waiting) · es persistente (act of lingering or waiting)