lingering
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈlɪŋɡəɹɪŋ/ / /ˈlɪŋɡɹɪŋ/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English linger Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English lingering From linger + -ing.
- 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.”
- 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.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English linger Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English lingering From linger + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of linger