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lingersome en · ADJ

Etymology

From linger + -some.

Meanings

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. 2000, Merrill Gilfillan, Grasshopper Falls:
   • A lingersome last glance downtrack for the self-absented Major. 2002, Bruce Olds, Bucking the Tiger:

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