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lounged

[lounj] Origin

lounge

[lounj] verb, lounged, loung·ing, noun
verb (used without object)
1.
to pass time idly and indolently.
2.
to rest or recline indolently; loll: We lounged in the sun all afternoon.
3.
to go or move in a leisurely, indolent manner; saunter (usually followed by around, along, off, etc.).
verb (used with object)
4.
to pass (time) in lounging (usually followed by away or out): to lounge away the afternoon.

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Lounged is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
noun
5.
a sofa for reclining, sometimes backless, having a headrest at one end.
6.
a place for sitting, waiting, smoking, etc., especially a large public room, as in a hotel, theater, or air terminal, often with adjoining washrooms.
7.
a section on a train, plane, or ship having various club or social facilities.
9.
Archaic. the act or a period of lounging.
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10.
Archaic. a lounging gait.
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Origin:
1500–10; origin uncertain

loung·y, adjective

long, longe, lounge, lunge.


1. loaf, idle, relax, dally, potter.

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Word Origin & History

lounge
c.1500, from Scottish, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Fr. s'allonger (paresseusement) "to lounge about, lie at full length," from O.Fr. alongier "lengthen," from L. longus "long." Another etymology traces it through obsolete lungis (n.) "slow, lazy person" (c.1560), from M.Fr. longis, a generic application
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of Longinus, supposed to be the name of the centurion who pierced Christ's side with a spear in John xix.34. Popular etymology associated the name with long (adj.). The noun in the sense of "comfortable drawing room" is first recorded 1881; in the sense of "couch on which one can lie at full length," 1830. Lounge lizard is from 1912, originally in reference to men who hung around in tea rooms to flirt.
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