lingerern.
/ˈlɪŋɡ(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈlɪŋɡərər/ One who, or that which, lingers, tarries, etc.; †a dawdler, idler; †one who hankers (after).
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [noun] > one who or that which is slow
sloweOE
tarrier1382
sluggard1398
slugc1425
slugger1539
lingerer1579
snaila1593
slowcoach1828
slowpoke1847
go-slow1858
slowie1901
slow boat to China1919
swiftie1945
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [noun] > one who longs or yearns
longer1435
yearnerc1480
lingerer1579
panter1710
hankerer1846
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer
lurdanc1330
player1340
moochera1425
loon?c1450
lounger?a1513
idler1534
rest man1542
holiday-woman1548
baty bummill1568
bummill baty1568
friar-fly?1577
idol1579
lingerer1579
loll1582
idleby1589
shit-rags1598
blaitie bum1602
idle1635
Lollard1635
loiterer1684
saunterer1688
scobberlotchera1697
bumble1786
quisby1789
waffler1805
shoat1808
loafer1830
bummer1855
dead beat1863
bum1864
scowbanker1864
schnorrer1875
scowbank1881
ikey1906
layabout1932
lie-about1937
spine-basher1946
limer1964
the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > remaining as opposed to going > one who
bider1535
remainer1565
stayer1591
keeper1611
lingerer1744
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 610/2 As oft as we play the lingerers, & cold staruelinges.
1646 J. Gaule Select Cases Conscience 3 Our late leaners and lingerers after such a kinde of sect.
1713 R. Steele in Guardian 11 Aug. 1/1 The mighty Body of Lingerers, Persons who..waste away In gentle Inactivity the Day.
1744 ‘J. Love’ Cricket i. 5 O Flee, you Ling'rer, Flee!
1820 W. Scott Monastery I. viii. 217 ‘But you, ye lingerers,’ added he, looking to a knot of beeches which still bore their withered leaves [etc.].
1891 S. Smiles Publisher & Friends I. i. 11 The book was a lingerer on his shelves and did not sell.
1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker viii. 122 A waterside prowler, a lingerer on wharves.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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