lingeringn.

/ˈlɪŋɡərɪŋ/

Etymology: -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of linger v. Also rarely in plural, last remaining traces (of something).

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

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [noun]

slacknessc1000

hoolinessa1340

latesomeness1357

slothc1380

lateshipc1390

slownessa1398

lateliness?c1400

sluggednessc1425

slugginessc1450

sluggishnessc1450

tardityc1450

lenta1500

ignavy1543

retardance1550

lingering1570

tardiness1608

lentitude1623

languidness1634

tediousness1691

lentora1763

slow-coaching1837

snailishness1905

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > remains > last remaining traces of something

mortal remains1659

lingering1822

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16292 And quils þou liues here wit vs þi lengring sal be care.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 6686 Þe smyter sal quite his leching and make amendis for his lyngering.

a1535 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.

1570 T. Wilson tr. Demosthenes 3 Orations 45 Lingering is noysome when necessity requires haste.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 41 Now, quod he, no lingring, let vs hence.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 702 Back to thy punishment..Least..I pursue Thy lingring .

1822 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) II. 80 I..am still troubled with lameness and inflammation in the ankles, the lingerings of my tedious malady.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 15 After a lingering,..The little innocent soul flitted away.

1886 R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. I. 625 A delay of three years..is a striking illustration of..the lingering of all college work.

†b. Hankering (after). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [noun]

ondeeOE

yearningeOE

longingOE

forlonginga1250

mourningc1300

yering13..

eye-seke?c1500

panting1580

greening1584

smackeringa1586

brame1590

languora1599

earning1603

lingering1608

yawning1635

tantalizing1640

slavering1642

longingness1651

tantalization1654

twittering1668

hankering1678

honing1725

lech1796

yearna1797

languishment1817

yearningness1839

hanker1881

tantalizingness1889

yen1906

1608 S. Hieron Helpe vnto Deuotion in Wks. (1620) I. 732/1 Remoue from him..all worldly desires, all lingring after the deceiuing sweetnes of these earthly things.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 89 Gods judgements..crossing their lingring after Caanan.

c. Horticulture. Retarding the time of blooming by artificial means.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [noun] > other processes

tillering1764

puddling1773

sulphuring1891

lingering1907

1907 Daily Chron. 13 Feb. 6/4 Lingering is retardation without frost; it keeps September roses blooming until January.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

lingeringadj.

Etymology: -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈlingering.

a. That lingers, delays, loiters, moves slowly, etc.; remaining behind, slow to depart or disappear.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective]

lateeOE

slackc1000

slowc1225

heavya1400

lent14..

slowfulc1400

sloth1412

latesomea1425

sluggedc1430

sluggingc1430

tardy1483

lingeringa1547

tarde1547

sleuth1567

snailish1581

slow-moving1592

lagging1597

snail-paced1597

snail-slow1600

slow-pacing1616

snail-like1639

sluggish1640

ignave1657

languishing1693

slow-stepping1793

lentitudinous1801

somnolent1812

slow-coachish1844

tardigradous1866

vermigrade1938

slow-cooking1968

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective]

tarryingc1386

delayous1469

oversettingc1485

dilator1503

tarrysome1513

lingeringa1547

deferringc1565

delaying1576

dilatory1581

driving1585

protractive1596

tarrowinga1598

delayful1600

protracting1600

cunctative1617

suspensivea1623

remorala1625

Penelopeana1627

demurrant1633

remorating1638

retarding1654

tardative1666

temporizing1801

procrastinative1824

tomorrowing1824

procrastinatory1839

postponing1852

cunctatory1862

cunctatious1864

traa dy liooar1878

suspensory1884

off-putting1894

the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > tardy or sluggish

lateeOE

latredec897

latelyOE

slowfulc1400

latesomea1425

languoring?c1425

sluggedc1430

tardy1483

tediousc1485

hooly1513

longsome1543

lingeringa1547

tarde1547

slow-worm1548

tardious?1572

lagging1597

snail-slow1600

snail-paced1601

snail-like1639

languid1646

dilatory1648

sluggish1648

languishing1693

laggard1702

lentitudinous1801

laggardly1826

lag-last1862

slowpoke1872

a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 33 Of lingring doutes such hope is sprong pardie.

1565 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc i. ii. sig. A.vii^v The lyngering yeres That brings not forth his ende with faster course.

1594 Warres Cyrus 289 We'll starue them with a lingring siege.

1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes i. §63. 105 Whether sudden or lingring judgements.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 38 Restore, my Charms, My lingring Daphnis to my longing Arms.

1751 T. Gray Elegy xxii. 9 Nor cast one longing ling'ring Look behind.

1859 J. Cumming Ruth vi. 95 Even in the worst and most depraved of mankind, there is a lingering sense of gratitude.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 203 The lingering remains of volcanic activity.

b. esp. of disease, suffering, or death: Slow, painfully protracted. †Of poisons: Characterized by slow or tardy action. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [adjective] > having specific qualities (of poison)

deadlyc1380

starkc1485

virulent1577

lingeringa1616

irritant1828

intoxicative1854

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > protracted

languoring?c1425

languishing1567

lingeringa1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 322.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. ii. 249 They will..torture him with grieuous lingring death.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. v. 34 Strange ling'ring poysons.

1623 J. Webster Dutchesse of Malfy v. ii. sig. M2 'Tis a secret That (like a lingring poyson) may chance lie Spread in thy vaines, and kill thee seauen yeare hence.

1627 F. Little Monum. Christian Munif. (1871) 67 His lingering disease increasing, and death approaching.

1655 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 289 He yet is extreame weake, and I feare his sicknes will proue lingering, but I hope not in any daunger of his life.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 618 My griefs not only pain me As a lingring disease.

1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 105 We see him dye with lingering torments.

1677 I. Barrow Serm. Passion 14 And that no stupifying, no transient pain, but one both very acute, and lingring.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 363. ¶13 Lingring and Incurable Distempers.

1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. i. 11 He retired..to Richmond, where he died of a lingering illness.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. xi. iii. 511 He put the widow of Sévají to a painful and lingering death.

1885 W. S. Gilbert Mikado ii, in Orig. Plays (1895) 3rd Ser. 208 Punishment! Yes. Something lingering, with boiling oil in it, I fancy.

1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. (at cited word) He's in a poor lingering way.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	lingering
释义	lingeringn. /ˈlɪŋɡərɪŋ/ Etymology: -ing suffix¹. a. The action of linger v. Also rarely in plural, last remaining traces (of something). 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 the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [noun] slacknessc1000 hoolinessa1340 latesomeness1357 slothc1380 lateshipc1390 slownessa1398 lateliness?c1400 sluggednessc1425 slugginessc1450 sluggishnessc1450 tardityc1450 lenta1500 ignavy1543 retardance1550 lingering1570 tardiness1608 lentitude1623 languidness1634 tediousness1691 lentora1763 slow-coaching1837 snailishness1905 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > remains > last remaining traces of something mortal remains1659 lingering1822 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16292 And quils þou liues here wit vs þi lengring sal be care. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 6686 Þe smyter sal quite his leching and make amendis for his lyngering. a1535 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. 1570 T. Wilson tr. Demosthenes 3 Orations 45 Lingering is noysome when necessity requires haste. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 41 Now, quod he, no lingring, let vs hence. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 702 Back to thy punishment..Least..I pursue Thy lingring . View more context for this quotation 1822 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) II. 80 I..am still troubled with lameness and inflammation in the ankles, the lingerings of my tedious malady. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 15 After a lingering,..The little innocent soul flitted away. 1886 R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. I. 625 A delay of three years..is a striking illustration of..the lingering of all college work. †b. Hankering (after). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [noun] ondeeOE yearningeOE longingOE forlonginga1250 mourningc1300 yering13.. eye-seke?c1500 panting1580 greening1584 smackeringa1586 brame1590 languora1599 earning1603 lingering1608 yawning1635 tantalizing1640 slavering1642 longingness1651 tantalization1654 twittering1668 hankering1678 honing1725 lech1796 yearna1797 languishment1817 yearningness1839 hanker1881 tantalizingness1889 yen1906 1608 S. Hieron Helpe vnto Deuotion in Wks. (1620) I. 732/1 Remoue from him..all worldly desires, all lingring after the deceiuing sweetnes of these earthly things. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 89 Gods judgements..crossing their lingring after Caanan. c. Horticulture. Retarding the time of blooming by artificial means. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [noun] > other processes tillering1764 puddling1773 sulphuring1891 lingering1907 1907 Daily Chron. 13 Feb. 6/4 Lingering is retardation without frost; it keeps September roses blooming until January. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2020). lingeringadj. Etymology: -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈlingering. a. That lingers, delays, loiters, moves slowly, etc.; remaining behind, slow to depart or disappear. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective] lateeOE slackc1000 slowc1225 heavya1400 lent14.. slowfulc1400 sloth1412 latesomea1425 sluggedc1430 sluggingc1430 tardy1483 lingeringa1547 tarde1547 sleuth1567 snailish1581 slow-moving1592 lagging1597 snail-paced1597 snail-slow1600 slow-pacing1616 snail-like1639 sluggish1640 ignave1657 languishing1693 slow-stepping1793 lentitudinous1801 somnolent1812 slow-coachish1844 tardigradous1866 vermigrade1938 slow-cooking1968 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] tarryingc1386 delayous1469 oversettingc1485 dilator1503 tarrysome1513 lingeringa1547 deferringc1565 delaying1576 dilatory1581 driving1585 protractive1596 tarrowinga1598 delayful1600 protracting1600 cunctative1617 suspensivea1623 remorala1625 Penelopeana1627 demurrant1633 remorating1638 retarding1654 tardative1666 temporizing1801 procrastinative1824 tomorrowing1824 procrastinatory1839 postponing1852 cunctatory1862 cunctatious1864 traa dy liooar1878 suspensory1884 off-putting1894 the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > tardy or sluggish lateeOE latredec897 latelyOE slowfulc1400 latesomea1425 languoring?c1425 sluggedc1430 tardy1483 tediousc1485 hooly1513 longsome1543 lingeringa1547 tarde1547 slow-worm1548 tardious?1572 lagging1597 snail-slow1600 snail-paced1601 snail-like1639 languid1646 dilatory1648 sluggish1648 languishing1693 laggard1702 lentitudinous1801 laggardly1826 lag-last1862 slowpoke1872 a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 33 Of lingring doutes such hope is sprong pardie. 1565 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc i. ii. sig. A.vii^v The lyngering yeres That brings not forth his ende with faster course. 1594 Warres Cyrus 289 We'll starue them with a lingring siege. 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes i. §63. 105 Whether sudden or lingring judgements. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 38 Restore, my Charms, My lingring Daphnis to my longing Arms. 1751 T. Gray Elegy xxii. 9 Nor cast one longing ling'ring Look behind. 1859 J. Cumming Ruth vi. 95 Even in the worst and most depraved of mankind, there is a lingering sense of gratitude. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 203 The lingering remains of volcanic activity. b. esp. of disease, suffering, or death: Slow, painfully protracted. †Of poisons: Characterized by slow or tardy action. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [adjective] > having specific qualities (of poison) deadlyc1380 starkc1485 virulent1577 lingeringa1616 irritant1828 intoxicative1854 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > protracted languoring?c1425 languishing1567 lingeringa1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 322. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. ii. 249 They will..torture him with grieuous lingring death. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. v. 34 Strange ling'ring poysons. View more context for this quotation 1623 J. Webster Dutchesse of Malfy v. ii. sig. M2 'Tis a secret That (like a lingring poyson) may chance lie Spread in thy vaines, and kill thee seauen yeare hence. 1627 F. Little Monum. Christian Munif. (1871) 67 His lingering disease increasing, and death approaching. 1655 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 289 He yet is extreame weake, and I feare his sicknes will proue lingering, but I hope not in any daunger of his life. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 618 My griefs not only pain me As a lingring disease. View more context for this quotation 1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 105 We see him dye with lingering torments. 1677 I. Barrow Serm. Passion 14 And that no stupifying, no transient pain, but one both very acute, and lingring. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 363. ¶13 Lingring and Incurable Distempers. 1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. i. 11 He retired..to Richmond, where he died of a lingering illness. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. xi. iii. 511 He put the widow of Sévají to a painful and lingering death. 1885 W. S. Gilbert Mikado ii, in Orig. Plays (1895) 3rd Ser. 208 Punishment! Yes. Something lingering, with boiling oil in it, I fancy. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. (at cited word) He's in a poor lingering way. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1400adj.a1547
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