lingerv.

Brit.

/ˈlɪŋɡə/, U.S.

/ˈlɪŋɡər/

Forms: Middle English, ? 1500s lenger, (Middle English langer), 1500s lyngar, lynger, 1500s– linger.

Etymology: Northern Middle English lenger , frequentative of leng v.¹: see -er suffix³.

†1. intransitive. To dwell, abide, stay (in a place). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)]

wonc725

erdec893

siteOE

liveeOE

to make one's woningc960

through-wonOE

bigc1175

walkc1225

inwonea1300

lenda1300

lenga1300

lingera1300

erthec1300

stallc1315

lasta1325

lodge1362

habit?a1366

breeda1375

inhabitc1374

indwella1382

to have one's mansionc1385

to take (up) one's inn (or inns)a1400

keepc1400

repairc1400

to have (also hold, keep, make) one's residencec1405

to hold (also keep, make, take, etc.) one's mansiona1425

winc1425

to make (one's) residence1433

resort1453

abidec1475

use1488

remaina1500

demur1523

to keep one's house1523

occupy1523

reside1523

enerdc1540

kennel1552

bower1596

to have (also hold, keep, make) residence1597

subsist1618

mansiona1638

tenant1650

fastena1657

hospitate1681

wont1692

stay1754

to hang out1811

home1832

habitate1866

a1300 Cursor Mundi 604 Þer-for he gafe him to be-gin A luuesum land at lenger in.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 1411 And leuer was [adam] siþen to lenger [Fairf. langer] in hell þan langer in þis liue to duell.

a. To stay behind, tarry, loiter on one's way; to stay on or hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time, esp. from reluctance to leave it.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] > on one's way or linger

hovec1220

abide1487

linger1530

hover1591

hanker1601

to linger on1805

hang1830

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 612/1 I lyngar behynde my companye, I tarye behynde them, je targe.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Gj^v Leaste any linger behynde his companie.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 313 A number of the Souldyours..came home agayne vnpayde and lyngered and still hanged vpon the prince.

1595 E. Spenser Amoretti lxxxix, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. F6 And in her songs sends many a wishfull vew For his returne that seemes to linger late.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. iv. 53 Then linger not my Lord, away, take horse.

1667 S. Pepys Diary 30 June (1974) VIII. 309 They had no orders, and lay lingering upon the way.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 254 They pretending they had lost their Way, but more truly lingred, not having us to spur them on.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. i. 16 In scenes like these she would often linger alone.

1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 8 He would linger long In lonesome vales, making the wild his home.

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. ii. iii. 155 Evelyn could have lingered all day in the room.

1864 D. G. Mitchell Seven Stories 245 The broken gentle~man lingers for hours beside the portraits of the old Count.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. §6. 94 The White Ship in which he had embarked lingered behind the rest of the royal fleet.

1893 G. E. Matheson About Holland 22 The Dutch trains do perhaps seem to linger somewhat on the way.

b. To proceed at a slow pace; to go lingeringly (down, past).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > move or go slowly [verb (intransitive)]

creepc1175

lugc1400

to hold (also keep) foot withc1438

crawlc1460

lounge?a1513

slug1565

drawl1566

draggle1577

fodge1581

snail1582

laggerc1620

slagger1622

snail1628

flod1674

delay1690

to drag one’s slow length along1711

soss1711

loiter1728

trail1744

sidle1781

soodle1821

linger1826

ooze1847

slope1851

laggard1864

dawdle1872

tiddle1882

oozle1958

pootle1973

1826 M. W. Shelley Last Man II. iv. 130 Soon the dim orb passed from over the sun, and lingered down the eastern heaven.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 88 These men linger listlessly past.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xvi. 22 He was..never lingering or loitering, but always walking swiftly.

1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 167 Lingering through one of the aisles.

c. figurative (with a preposition as on, over, round): To dwell upon, give protracted consideration to, be reluctant to quit (a subject).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > fix the attention, concentrate [verb (transitive)]

intend1429

to run upon ——c1443

to run on ——?1499

to run of ——?1504

to stick to ——?1530

affix1553

medite1606

fix1664

meditate1700

linger1835

1835 T. Arnold in tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponesian War III. Pref. p. xxii I linger round a subject.

1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 171 Every one of those broad spaces she would linger over in protracted delight.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 117 Yet, for again I come to the former story, beseems not Linger on all done there.

3. ‘To remain long in languor and pain’ (Johnson); to continue alive, though oppressed by sickness or other distress. (Cf. lingering adj. b.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > be in ill health [verb (intransitive)] > continue alive though ill

lingera1535

the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > continue in life [verb (intransitive)] > despite sickness or distress

lingera1535

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > be or become dejected [verb (intransitive)] > live under depressing conditions

languish1489

lingera1535

languor1975

a1535 [implied in: T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. ii. sig. F.v^v I knowe my lingering not likely to last long, but oute wil my snuffe sodeynly some daye within a while. (at lingering n. a)].

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Gi/2 To Linger, languere.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. ii. 97 I would not haue thee linger in thy paine.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. iii. 93 Pent to linger But with a graine a day.

1819 W. Scott Misc. Prose Wks. (1870) IV. 320 He lingered a few days, possessed of his senses, reconciled to his fate.

1882 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. II. 251 He lingered as a prisoner of the Inquisition for sixteen years.

1898 H. R. Haggard Dr. Therne 6 He lingered for nearly two years.

figurative.1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 177 When Hope, long ling'ring, at last yields the ghost.

4. To be tardy in doing or beginning anything; to hesitate, delay; to dawdle. †Const. infinitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)]

geleOE

studegieOE

abideOE

to do in or a (= on) fristc1175

dwellc1175

demurc1230

targec1250

dretcha1325

tarrya1375

sojourn1377

defer1382

letc1385

hinderc1386

blina1400

delay?a1400

honea1400

litea1400

overbidea1400

prolongc1425

supersede1433

hoverc1440

tarrowc1480

sunyie1488

stay?a1500

sleep1519

slack1530

protract1540

linger1548

procrastinate1548

slackc1560

slug1565

jauk1568

temporize1579

detract1584

longering1587

sit1591

prorogue1593

to time it out1613

to lie out1640

crastinate1656

taigle17..

to hang fire1782

to hold off1790

to hang it on1819

prevaricate1854

to lie over1856

to tread water1942

to drag one's feet1946

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > be or become slow [verb (intransitive)] > be dilatory

slowOE

tarrya1375

linger1548

procrastinate1548

slackc1560

forslow1571

to hang back1581

to hang an (also the) arse1596

to hang fire1782

to be slow off the mark1972

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. iii. 7–10 As they y^t make hast are pertakers of health, so they that linger are al pertakers of peril.

1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland i. xx. 16/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The king..differed the time, and lingered to giue anie answer.

1611 Bible (King James) 2 Pet. ii. 3 Whose iudgement now of a long time lingereth not [Gk. οὐκ ἀργεῖ] .

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. ii. 51 We haue linger'd about a match betweene An Page, and my cozen Slender.

1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes ii. ii. 17 And if my Eyes have pow'r, He should not sue In vain, nor linger with a long delay.

1810 S. Rogers Voy. Columbus iv. 16 Oft fire-ey'd Mutiny..Mutter'd dark threats, and linger'd to obey.

1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxvii. 420 His accuser..denounces him as having..designedly lingered in the business, for the purpose of prolonging the period of remuneration.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 268 By no remonstrance..could he prevail on his allies to be early in the field... Every one of them lingered, and wondered why the rest were lingering.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xviii. 186 Either Malcolm lingered in his preparations, or [etc.].

5. figurative, chiefly of immaterial things.

a. To remain, to be slow to pass away or disappear; to stay or persist, though tending to wane and dwindle. to linger on, to continue to linger.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > endure, remain, persist, or continue

bidec893

lastOE

through-wonOE

ylasta1000

standOE

runOE

lastlOE

beleavec1200

abidec1275

cleavec1275

durec1275

dwell13..

endurec1386

perseverec1390

continuec1400

contunec1400

tarrya1450

remainc1455

perdure?a1475

rest1474

permanec1485

succeed1486

perpetuate1530

persist1531

demur1547

perduratea1558

weara1568

to hold it out1585

to hold out1585

abye1590

contain1592

live1592

perennate1623

to draw overa1700

exist1754

linger1764

to hang it out1939

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] > on one's way or linger

hovec1220

abide1487

linger1530

hover1591

hanker1601

to linger on1805

hang1830

1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 10 But winter lingering chills the lap of May.

1805 W. Wordsworth Waggoner iv. 189 Nor could the waggon long survive, Which Benjamin had ceased to drive: It lingered on;—guide after guide Ambitiously the office tried.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvi. 707 It is by no means improbable that this superstition..may still linger in a few obscure farm-houses.

1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xxii. 483 When the Plague had departed from most parts of London, it often lingered in the Tower.

1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 106 But he has still a doubt lingering in his mind.

b. To be slow in coming or accruing.

ΚΠ

1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 106 Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. Proem 13 The wages of men's sins often linger in their payment.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xx. 593 When the sentence was once passed its execution did not linger.

c. Of actions or conditions: To be protracted (wearisomely or painfully), to drag on. (Cf. lingering adj.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > grow longer or extend > be tediously protracted

in a person's fingers1469

defer1546

drag1735

linger1836

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 74 One would haue lingring Warres, with little cost. ]

1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece III. xvii. 8 As the siege of Ithome lingered, the Spartans called on their allies for aid.

6. quasi-transitive.

a. with adverb compl. (forth, on, out): To draw out, prolong, protract by lingering, tarrying, or dallying. to linger away: to waste (time) by lingering.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > cause to endure, sustain, or prolong

lengOE

drawOE

teec1200

forlengtha1300

lengtha1300

drivec1300

tarryc1320

proloynec1350

continuec1380

to draw alonga1382

longa1382

dretch1393

conservea1398

to draw (out) in, into, at, or on lengtha1400

prorogue1419

prolongc1425

aroomc1440

prorogate?a1475

protend?a1475

dilate1489

forlong1496

relong1523

to draw out1542

sustentate1542

linger1543

defer1546

pertract1548

propagate1548

protract1548

linger1550

lengthen1555

train1556

detract?a1562

to make forth (long, longer)1565

stretch1568

extend1574

extenuate1583

dree1584

wire-draw1598

to spin out1603

trail1604

disabridge1605

produce1605

continuate1611

out-length1617

spin1629

to eke out1641

producta1670

prolongate1671

drawl1694

drag1697

perennate1698

string1867

perennialize1898

the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > waste time

leese?c1225

losea1340

defer1382

wastea1400

slip1435

consumea1500

superexpend1513

slow?1522

sloth1523

to fode forth1525

slack1548

dree1584

sleuth1584

confound1598

spenda1604

to fret out1608

to spin out1608

misplace1609

spend1614

tavern1628

devast1632

to drill away, on, outa1656

dulla1682

to dally away1685

squander1693

to linger awaya1704

dangle1727

dawdle1768

slim1812

diddle1826

to run out the clock1957

1550 H. Latimer Moste Faithfull Serm. before Kynges Maiestye sig. Fvii^v It shal cause thinges to haue good successe, and that matters shal not be lyngred forth from day to dai.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. ii. 238 I can get no remedy against this consumption of the purse, borrowing onely lingers and lingers it out, but the disease is incurable.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. xi. 9 Let your breefe plagues be mercy, And linger not our sure destructions on.

1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir ii. sig. E3^v Ile not insult on a base humbled prey, By lingring out thy terrors.

1695 J. Dryden Death Mr. Purcell 29 Now live secure, and linger out your days.

a1704 T. Brown Oration in Praise Drunkenness in Wks. (1707) I. i. 53 The first linger away their Lives in perpetual Drudgery.

1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius No. 34 (1754) 179 To prevent the scholars from ling'ring away their time, and neglecting their studies.

1829 W. Scott Jrnl. 8 Mar. (1946) 32 Half measures do but linger out the feud.

1833 C. Lamb Wedding in Last Ess. Elia We all began to be afraid that a suit which as yet had abated none of its ardours, might at last be lingered on, till passion had time to cool.

1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) VI. 522 His policy, therefore, was for the present to linger out the negotiations.

a1891 J. R. Lowell Old Eng. Dramatists (1892) vi. 130 Ford lingers-out his heart-breaks too much.

b. To pass (life) sadly or wearily.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > make dejected [verb (transitive)] > spend or pass time in dejection

pine1597

linger1725

mope1791

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 411 Far from gay cities, and the ways of men, I linger life.

1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. II. iii. 239 They..left him to linger in this manner, unattended, the remains of his wretched life.

†a. transitive. To cause to linger; to prolong, protract, draw out (the time, a business, etc.); also, to delay, put off, defer. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > cause to endure, sustain, or prolong

lengOE

drawOE

teec1200

forlengtha1300

lengtha1300

drivec1300

tarryc1320

proloynec1350

continuec1380

to draw alonga1382

longa1382

dretch1393

conservea1398

to draw (out) in, into, at, or on lengtha1400

prorogue1419

prolongc1425

aroomc1440

prorogate?a1475

protend?a1475

dilate1489

forlong1496

relong1523

to draw out1542

sustentate1542

linger1543

defer1546

pertract1548

propagate1548

protract1548

linger1550

lengthen1555

train1556

detract?a1562

to make forth (long, longer)1565

stretch1568

extend1574

extenuate1583

dree1584

wire-draw1598

to spin out1603

trail1604

disabridge1605

produce1605

continuate1611

out-length1617

spin1629

to eke out1641

producta1670

prolongate1671

drawl1694

drag1697

perennate1698

string1867

perennialize1898

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)]

forslowc888

eldc897

forsita940

gele971

lengOE

drilla1300

delayc1300

onfrestc1300

tarryc1320

jornc1330

dretchc1380

defer1382

forbida1387

to put offa1387

to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393

dilate1399

fordrawa1400

to put overc1410

latch?c1422

adjournc1425

prolongc1425

proloynec1425

rejournc1425

to put in respite1428

sleuthc1430

respitea1450

prorogue1453

refer1466

sleep1470

supersede1482

respectc1487

postpone1496

overseta1500

respett1500

enjourna1513

relong1523

retract1524

tarde1524

track1524

to fode forth1525

tract1527

protract1528

further1529

to make stay of1530

surcease1530

prorogate1534

to fay upon longc1540

linger1543

retard?1543

slake1544

procrastine1548

reprieve1548

remit1550

suspense1556

leave1559

shiftc1562

suspend1566

procrastinate1569

dally1574

post1577

to hold off1580

drift1584

loiter1589

postpose1598

to take one's (own) timea1602

flag1602

slug1605

elong1610

belay1613

demur1613

tardya1616

to hang up1623

frist1637

disjourn1642

future1642

off1642

waive1653

superannuate1655

perendinate1656

stave1664

detard1675

remora1686

to put back1718

withhold1726

protract1737

to keep over1847

to hold over1853

laten1860

to lay over1885

hold1891

back-burner1975

1543 R. Grafton Contin. in Chron. J. Hardyng f. xviii Edward..thoughte he would not linger his busines.

?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Treat. Death i. ii. 6 That we by no occasion, should lynger the amendemente of oure lyues vntill age.

1561 T. Hoby in tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer Ep. Translatour sig. B.i I forbare and lingered the time to see if anye..woulde take the matter in hande.

1565 J. Jewel tr. in Replie Hardinges Answeare ix. 413 The Breade, that Our Lorde gave to his Disciples, he lengred it not [L. non distulit], nor bade it to be keapte vntil the morninge.

1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ccxi. 188 Wherefore I aduise all men not to linger the time long in eating and drinking superfluously.

1604 C. Edmondes Observ. Cæsars Comm. II. vii. vii. 59 To linger and detract the war.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iv. ii. §3. 175 The Leigers..could not be perswaded to linger the time, and stay their aduantage.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 230 He goes into Mauritania..vnlesse his abode be linger'd Here by some accident.

1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 301 Secure ones may linger their repentance till it be too late.

1633 J. Ford Broken Heart iv. i. sig. I3 To linger Paine, which I striue to cure, were to be cruell.

†b. To keep waiting, put off (a person). Also with off. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] > a person

tarry1340

deferc1384

delaya1425

prolongc1425

supersede1517

postpone1518

linger1534

belate1642

while off1646

remit1663

1534 T. More Let. in Wks. (1557) 1429/1 They were not lingered nor made to daunce any long attendance..as sutours were sometime wont to be.

1543 R. Grafton Contin. in Chron. J. Hardyng f. ci Then Henry spedely prepared him selfe because he would lynger his frendes no lenger.

1594 W. West Symbolæogr.: 2nd Pt. §35 Least the parties should..be long lingered with vaine hope of an endlesse end.

1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xxi. 80 Hee sollicited the Affricks and the King of Mauritane for supply, being lingred off with delayes.

c. Horticulture. To delay the blooming of (flowers) by artificial means.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [verb (transitive)] > check growth

stint1791

linger1906

1906 Daily Chron. 12 Sept. 4/4 If you force, you exhaust the [rose-]tree; it languishes. I prefer to ‘linger’ it.

8. intransitive. To have a longing or craving, to hanker. Const. after; also (rarely) with infinitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > long or yearn [verb (intransitive)]

thirstc893

forlongc1175

longc1225

alonga1393

greena1400

suspirec1450

earnc1460

to think long?1461

sigh1549

groanc1560

hank1589

twitter1616

linger1630

hanker1642

to hang a nose1655

hangc1672

yammer1705

yen1919

1630 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. (1825) (modernized text) I. 45 Such as fell into discontent, and lingered after their former condition in England.

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 12 They [sc. tuppes]..will beginne to linger after Ewes and decline.

1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 205 The Cardinall finding the Kings mind to linger after another Bed-fellow.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 14 More remarkable it seems that they should extoll and linger after the Cucumbers and Leeks, Onions and Garlick in Ægypt.

1718 P. Motteux Don Quixote (1733) I. 255 Thou lingerest with Impatience to exercise thy talking Faculty.

1893 Surrey Words (E.D.S.) (at cited word) Being used to hay makes them linger more after it.

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单词	linger
释义	lingern. Brit. /ˈlɪŋɡə/, U.S. /ˈlɪŋɡər/ Etymology: < linger v. †1. Delay. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] longingeOE bideOE abodec1225 bodea1300 demura1300 dwella1300 litinga1300 delayc1300 delayingc1300 demurrancec1300 but honec1325 without ensoignec1325 abidec1330 dretchingc1330 dwellingc1330 essoinc1330 tarrying1340 litea1350 delaymenta1393 respitea1393 oversettinga1398 delayancea1400 delitea1400 lingeringa1400 stounding?a1400 sunyiea1400 targea1400 train?a1400 deferring14.. dilation14.. dayc1405 prolongingc1425 spacec1430 adjourningc1436 retardationc1437 prolongation?a1439 training1440 adjournment1445 sleuthingc1450 tarry1451 tarriance1460 prorogation1476 oversetc1485 tarriage1488 debaid1489 supersedement1492 superseding1494 off-putting1496 postponing1496 tract1503 dilating1509 sparinga1513 hafting1519 sufferance1523 tracking1524 sticking1525 stay1530 pause1532 protraction1535 tracting1535 protract of time1536 protracting1540 postposition1546 staying1546 procrastination1548 difference1559 surceasing1560 tardation1568 detract1570 detracting1572 tarryment1575 rejourning1578 detraction1579 longness1579 rejournment1579 holding1581 reprieving1583 cunctation1585 retarding1585 retardance1586 temporizing1587 by and by1591 suspensea1592 procrastinatinga1594 tardance1595 linger1597 forslacking1600 morrowing1602 recess1603 deferment1612 attendance1614 put-off1623 adjournal1627 fristing1637 hanging-up1638 retardment1640 dilatoriness1642 suspension1645 stickagea1647 tardidation1647 transtemporation1651 demurragea1656 prolatation1656 prolation1656 moration1658 perendination1658 offput1730 retardure1751 postponement1757 retard1781 traverse1799 tarrowing1832 mañana1845 temporization1888 procrastinativeness1893 deferral1895 traa dy liooar1897 stalling1927 heel-tapping1949 off-put1970 1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 34 Who but they cowld abyde such hunger and colde,..besydes the lynger of paye, sycknes and mortalitie? 2. U.S. (See quot. 1895.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > languor or lassitude > cause of linger1895 1895 Nation (N.Y.) 9 May 358/3 The enervating influence of the climate, giving rise to that which in the south-western United States is called the ‘Texas lingers’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). lingerv. Brit. /ˈlɪŋɡə/, U.S. /ˈlɪŋɡər/ Forms: Middle English, ? 1500s lenger, (Middle English langer), 1500s lyngar, lynger, 1500s– linger. Etymology: Northern Middle English lenger , frequentative of leng v.¹: see -er suffix³. †1. intransitive. To dwell, abide, stay (in a place). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] wonc725 erdec893 siteOE liveeOE to make one's woningc960 through-wonOE bigc1175 walkc1225 inwonea1300 lenda1300 lenga1300 lingera1300 erthec1300 stallc1315 lasta1325 lodge1362 habit?a1366 breeda1375 inhabitc1374 indwella1382 to have one's mansionc1385 to take (up) one's inn (or inns)a1400 keepc1400 repairc1400 to have (also hold, keep, make) one's residencec1405 to hold (also keep, make, take, etc.) one's mansiona1425 winc1425 to make (one's) residence1433 resort1453 abidec1475 use1488 remaina1500 demur1523 to keep one's house1523 occupy1523 reside1523 enerdc1540 kennel1552 bower1596 to have (also hold, keep, make) residence1597 subsist1618 mansiona1638 tenant1650 fastena1657 hospitate1681 wont1692 stay1754 to hang out1811 home1832 habitate1866 a1300 Cursor Mundi 604 Þer-for he gafe him to be-gin A luuesum land at lenger in. a1300 Cursor Mundi 1411 And leuer was [adam] siþen to lenger [Fairf. langer] in hell þan langer in þis liue to duell. 2. a. To stay behind, tarry, loiter on one's way; to stay on or hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time, esp. from reluctance to leave it. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] > on one's way or linger hovec1220 abide1487 linger1530 hover1591 hanker1601 to linger on1805 hang1830 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 612/1 I lyngar behynde my companye, I tarye behynde them, je targe. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Gj^v Leaste any linger behynde his companie. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 313 A number of the Souldyours..came home agayne vnpayde and lyngered and still hanged vpon the prince. 1595 E. Spenser Amoretti lxxxix, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. F6 And in her songs sends many a wishfull vew For his returne that seemes to linger late. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. iv. 53 Then linger not my Lord, away, take horse. View more context for this quotation 1667 S. Pepys Diary 30 June (1974) VIII. 309 They had no orders, and lay lingering upon the way. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 254 They pretending they had lost their Way, but more truly lingred, not having us to spur them on. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. i. 16 In scenes like these she would often linger alone. 1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 8 He would linger long In lonesome vales, making the wild his home. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. ii. iii. 155 Evelyn could have lingered all day in the room. 1864 D. G. Mitchell Seven Stories 245 The broken gentle~man lingers for hours beside the portraits of the old Count. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. §6. 94 The White Ship in which he had embarked lingered behind the rest of the royal fleet. 1893 G. E. Matheson About Holland 22 The Dutch trains do perhaps seem to linger somewhat on the way. b. To proceed at a slow pace; to go lingeringly (down, past). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > move or go slowly [verb (intransitive)] creepc1175 lugc1400 to hold (also keep) foot withc1438 crawlc1460 lounge?a1513 slug1565 drawl1566 draggle1577 fodge1581 snail1582 laggerc1620 slagger1622 snail1628 flod1674 delay1690 to drag one’s slow length along1711 soss1711 loiter1728 trail1744 sidle1781 soodle1821 linger1826 ooze1847 slope1851 laggard1864 dawdle1872 tiddle1882 oozle1958 pootle1973 1826 M. W. Shelley Last Man II. iv. 130 Soon the dim orb passed from over the sun, and lingered down the eastern heaven. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 88 These men linger listlessly past. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xvi. 22 He was..never lingering or loitering, but always walking swiftly. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 167 Lingering through one of the aisles. c. figurative (with a preposition as on, over, round): To dwell upon, give protracted consideration to, be reluctant to quit (a subject). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > fix the attention, concentrate [verb (transitive)] intend1429 to run upon ——c1443 to run on ——?1499 to run of ——?1504 to stick to ——?1530 affix1553 medite1606 fix1664 meditate1700 linger1835 1835 T. Arnold in tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponesian War III. Pref. p. xxii I linger round a subject. 1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 171 Every one of those broad spaces she would linger over in protracted delight. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 117 Yet, for again I come to the former story, beseems not Linger on all done there. 3. ‘To remain long in languor and pain’ (Johnson); to continue alive, though oppressed by sickness or other distress. (Cf. lingering adj. b.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > be in ill health [verb (intransitive)] > continue alive though ill lingera1535 the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > continue in life [verb (intransitive)] > despite sickness or distress lingera1535 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > be or become dejected [verb (intransitive)] > live under depressing conditions languish1489 lingera1535 languor1975 a1535 [implied in: T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. ii. sig. F.v^v I knowe my lingering not likely to last long, but oute wil my snuffe sodeynly some daye within a while. (at lingering n. a)]. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Gi/2 To Linger, languere. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. ii. 97 I would not haue thee linger in thy paine. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. iii. 93 Pent to linger But with a graine a day. View more context for this quotation 1819 W. Scott Misc. Prose Wks. (1870) IV. 320 He lingered a few days, possessed of his senses, reconciled to his fate. 1882 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. II. 251 He lingered as a prisoner of the Inquisition for sixteen years. 1898 H. R. Haggard Dr. Therne 6 He lingered for nearly two years. figurative.1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 177 When Hope, long ling'ring, at last yields the ghost. 4. To be tardy in doing or beginning anything; to hesitate, delay; to dawdle. †Const. infinitive. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] geleOE studegieOE abideOE to do in or a (= on) fristc1175 dwellc1175 demurc1230 targec1250 dretcha1325 tarrya1375 sojourn1377 defer1382 letc1385 hinderc1386 blina1400 delay?a1400 honea1400 litea1400 overbidea1400 prolongc1425 supersede1433 hoverc1440 tarrowc1480 sunyie1488 stay?a1500 sleep1519 slack1530 protract1540 linger1548 procrastinate1548 slackc1560 slug1565 jauk1568 temporize1579 detract1584 longering1587 sit1591 prorogue1593 to time it out1613 to lie out1640 crastinate1656 taigle17.. to hang fire1782 to hold off1790 to hang it on1819 prevaricate1854 to lie over1856 to tread water1942 to drag one's feet1946 the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > be or become slow [verb (intransitive)] > be dilatory slowOE tarrya1375 linger1548 procrastinate1548 slackc1560 forslow1571 to hang back1581 to hang an (also the) arse1596 to hang fire1782 to be slow off the mark1972 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. iii. 7–10 As they y^t make hast are pertakers of health, so they that linger are al pertakers of peril. 1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland i. xx. 16/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The king..differed the time, and lingered to giue anie answer. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Pet. ii. 3 Whose iudgement now of a long time lingereth not [Gk. οὐκ ἀργεῖ] . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. ii. 51 We haue linger'd about a match betweene An Page, and my cozen Slender. View more context for this quotation 1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes ii. ii. 17 And if my Eyes have pow'r, He should not sue In vain, nor linger with a long delay. 1810 S. Rogers Voy. Columbus iv. 16 Oft fire-ey'd Mutiny..Mutter'd dark threats, and linger'd to obey. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxvii. 420 His accuser..denounces him as having..designedly lingered in the business, for the purpose of prolonging the period of remuneration. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 268 By no remonstrance..could he prevail on his allies to be early in the field... Every one of them lingered, and wondered why the rest were lingering. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xviii. 186 Either Malcolm lingered in his preparations, or [etc.]. 5. figurative, chiefly of immaterial things. a. To remain, to be slow to pass away or disappear; to stay or persist, though tending to wane and dwindle. to linger on, to continue to linger. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > endure, remain, persist, or continue bidec893 lastOE through-wonOE ylasta1000 standOE runOE lastlOE beleavec1200 abidec1275 cleavec1275 durec1275 dwell13.. endurec1386 perseverec1390 continuec1400 contunec1400 tarrya1450 remainc1455 perdure?a1475 rest1474 permanec1485 succeed1486 perpetuate1530 persist1531 demur1547 perduratea1558 weara1568 to hold it out1585 to hold out1585 abye1590 contain1592 live1592 perennate1623 to draw overa1700 exist1754 linger1764 to hang it out1939 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] > on one's way or linger hovec1220 abide1487 linger1530 hover1591 hanker1601 to linger on1805 hang1830 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 10 But winter lingering chills the lap of May. 1805 W. Wordsworth Waggoner iv. 189 Nor could the waggon long survive, Which Benjamin had ceased to drive: It lingered on;—guide after guide Ambitiously the office tried. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvi. 707 It is by no means improbable that this superstition..may still linger in a few obscure farm-houses. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xxii. 483 When the Plague had departed from most parts of London, it often lingered in the Tower. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 106 But he has still a doubt lingering in his mind. b. To be slow in coming or accruing. ΚΠ 1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 106 Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. Proem 13 The wages of men's sins often linger in their payment. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xx. 593 When the sentence was once passed its execution did not linger. c. Of actions or conditions: To be protracted (wearisomely or painfully), to drag on. (Cf. lingering adj.) ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > grow longer or extend > be tediously protracted in a person's fingers1469 defer1546 drag1735 linger1836 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 74 One would haue lingring Warres, with little cost. View more context for this quotation] 1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece III. xvii. 8 As the siege of Ithome lingered, the Spartans called on their allies for aid. 6. quasi-transitive. a. with adverb compl. (forth, on, out): To draw out, prolong, protract by lingering, tarrying, or dallying. to linger away: to waste (time) by lingering. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > cause to endure, sustain, or prolong lengOE drawOE teec1200 forlengtha1300 lengtha1300 drivec1300 tarryc1320 proloynec1350 continuec1380 to draw alonga1382 longa1382 dretch1393 conservea1398 to draw (out) in, into, at, or on lengtha1400 prorogue1419 prolongc1425 aroomc1440 prorogate?a1475 protend?a1475 dilate1489 forlong1496 relong1523 to draw out1542 sustentate1542 linger1543 defer1546 pertract1548 propagate1548 protract1548 linger1550 lengthen1555 train1556 detract?a1562 to make forth (long, longer)1565 stretch1568 extend1574 extenuate1583 dree1584 wire-draw1598 to spin out1603 trail1604 disabridge1605 produce1605 continuate1611 out-length1617 spin1629 to eke out1641 producta1670 prolongate1671 drawl1694 drag1697 perennate1698 string1867 perennialize1898 the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > waste time leese?c1225 losea1340 defer1382 wastea1400 slip1435 consumea1500 superexpend1513 slow?1522 sloth1523 to fode forth1525 slack1548 dree1584 sleuth1584 confound1598 spenda1604 to fret out1608 to spin out1608 misplace1609 spend1614 tavern1628 devast1632 to drill away, on, outa1656 dulla1682 to dally away1685 squander1693 to linger awaya1704 dangle1727 dawdle1768 slim1812 diddle1826 to run out the clock1957 1550 H. Latimer Moste Faithfull Serm. before Kynges Maiestye sig. Fvii^v It shal cause thinges to haue good successe, and that matters shal not be lyngred forth from day to dai. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. ii. 238 I can get no remedy against this consumption of the purse, borrowing onely lingers and lingers it out, but the disease is incurable. View more context for this quotation 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. xi. 9 Let your breefe plagues be mercy, And linger not our sure destructions on. View more context for this quotation 1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir ii. sig. E3^v Ile not insult on a base humbled prey, By lingring out thy terrors. 1695 J. Dryden Death Mr. Purcell 29 Now live secure, and linger out your days. a1704 T. Brown Oration in Praise Drunkenness in Wks. (1707) I. i. 53 The first linger away their Lives in perpetual Drudgery. 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius No. 34 (1754) 179 To prevent the scholars from ling'ring away their time, and neglecting their studies. 1829 W. Scott Jrnl. 8 Mar. (1946) 32 Half measures do but linger out the feud. 1833 C. Lamb Wedding in Last Ess. Elia We all began to be afraid that a suit which as yet had abated none of its ardours, might at last be lingered on, till passion had time to cool. 1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) VI. 522 His policy, therefore, was for the present to linger out the negotiations. a1891 J. R. Lowell Old Eng. Dramatists (1892) vi. 130 Ford lingers-out his heart-breaks too much. b. To pass (life) sadly or wearily. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > make dejected [verb (transitive)] > spend or pass time in dejection pine1597 linger1725 mope1791 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 411 Far from gay cities, and the ways of men, I linger life. 1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. II. iii. 239 They..left him to linger in this manner, unattended, the remains of his wretched life. 7. †a. transitive. To cause to linger; to prolong, protract, draw out (the time, a business, etc.); also, to delay, put off, defer. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > cause to endure, sustain, or prolong lengOE drawOE teec1200 forlengtha1300 lengtha1300 drivec1300 tarryc1320 proloynec1350 continuec1380 to draw alonga1382 longa1382 dretch1393 conservea1398 to draw (out) in, into, at, or on lengtha1400 prorogue1419 prolongc1425 aroomc1440 prorogate?a1475 protend?a1475 dilate1489 forlong1496 relong1523 to draw out1542 sustentate1542 linger1543 defer1546 pertract1548 propagate1548 protract1548 linger1550 lengthen1555 train1556 detract?a1562 to make forth (long, longer)1565 stretch1568 extend1574 extenuate1583 dree1584 wire-draw1598 to spin out1603 trail1604 disabridge1605 produce1605 continuate1611 out-length1617 spin1629 to eke out1641 producta1670 prolongate1671 drawl1694 drag1697 perennate1698 string1867 perennialize1898 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] forslowc888 eldc897 forsita940 gele971 lengOE drilla1300 delayc1300 onfrestc1300 tarryc1320 jornc1330 dretchc1380 defer1382 forbida1387 to put offa1387 to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393 dilate1399 fordrawa1400 to put overc1410 latch?c1422 adjournc1425 prolongc1425 proloynec1425 rejournc1425 to put in respite1428 sleuthc1430 respitea1450 prorogue1453 refer1466 sleep1470 supersede1482 respectc1487 postpone1496 overseta1500 respett1500 enjourna1513 relong1523 retract1524 tarde1524 track1524 to fode forth1525 tract1527 protract1528 further1529 to make stay of1530 surcease1530 prorogate1534 to fay upon longc1540 linger1543 retard?1543 slake1544 procrastine1548 reprieve1548 remit1550 suspense1556 leave1559 shiftc1562 suspend1566 procrastinate1569 dally1574 post1577 to hold off1580 drift1584 loiter1589 postpose1598 to take one's (own) timea1602 flag1602 slug1605 elong1610 belay1613 demur1613 tardya1616 to hang up1623 frist1637 disjourn1642 future1642 off1642 waive1653 superannuate1655 perendinate1656 stave1664 detard1675 remora1686 to put back1718 withhold1726 protract1737 to keep over1847 to hold over1853 laten1860 to lay over1885 hold1891 back-burner1975 1543 R. Grafton Contin. in Chron. J. Hardyng f. xviii Edward..thoughte he would not linger his busines. ?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Treat. Death i. ii. 6 That we by no occasion, should lynger the amendemente of oure lyues vntill age. 1561 T. Hoby in tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer Ep. Translatour sig. B.i I forbare and lingered the time to see if anye..woulde take the matter in hande. 1565 J. Jewel tr. in Replie Hardinges Answeare ix. 413 The Breade, that Our Lorde gave to his Disciples, he lengred it not [L. non distulit], nor bade it to be keapte vntil the morninge. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ccxi. 188 Wherefore I aduise all men not to linger the time long in eating and drinking superfluously. 1604 C. Edmondes Observ. Cæsars Comm. II. vii. vii. 59 To linger and detract the war. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iv. ii. §3. 175 The Leigers..could not be perswaded to linger the time, and stay their aduantage. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 230 He goes into Mauritania..vnlesse his abode be linger'd Here by some accident. View more context for this quotation 1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 301 Secure ones may linger their repentance till it be too late. 1633 J. Ford Broken Heart iv. i. sig. I3 To linger Paine, which I striue to cure, were to be cruell. †b. To keep waiting, put off (a person). Also with off. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] > a person tarry1340 deferc1384 delaya1425 prolongc1425 supersede1517 postpone1518 linger1534 belate1642 while off1646 remit1663 1534 T. More Let. in Wks. (1557) 1429/1 They were not lingered nor made to daunce any long attendance..as sutours were sometime wont to be. 1543 R. Grafton Contin. in Chron. J. Hardyng f. ci Then Henry spedely prepared him selfe because he would lynger his frendes no lenger. 1594 W. West Symbolæogr.: 2nd Pt. §35 Least the parties should..be long lingered with vaine hope of an endlesse end. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xxi. 80 Hee sollicited the Affricks and the King of Mauritane for supply, being lingred off with delayes. c. Horticulture. To delay the blooming of (flowers) by artificial means. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [verb (transitive)] > check growth stint1791 linger1906 1906 Daily Chron. 12 Sept. 4/4 If you force, you exhaust the [rose-]tree; it languishes. I prefer to ‘linger’ it. 8. intransitive. To have a longing or craving, to hanker. Const. after; also (rarely) with infinitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > long or yearn [verb (intransitive)] thirstc893 forlongc1175 longc1225 alonga1393 greena1400 suspirec1450 earnc1460 to think long?1461 sigh1549 groanc1560 hank1589 twitter1616 linger1630 hanker1642 to hang a nose1655 hangc1672 yammer1705 yen1919 1630 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. (1825) (modernized text) I. 45 Such as fell into discontent, and lingered after their former condition in England. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 12 They [sc. tuppes]..will beginne to linger after Ewes and decline. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 205 The Cardinall finding the Kings mind to linger after another Bed-fellow. a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 14 More remarkable it seems that they should extoll and linger after the Cucumbers and Leeks, Onions and Garlick in Ægypt. 1718 P. Motteux Don Quixote (1733) I. 255 Thou lingerest with Impatience to exercise thy talking Faculty. 1893 Surrey Words (E.D.S.) (at cited word) Being used to hay makes them linger more after it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1597v.a1300
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