lingerer
1Lingerer — Lin ger*er (l[i^][ng] g[ e]r*[ e]r), n. One who lingers. Guardian. [1913 Webster] …
2lingerer — linger ► VERB 1) be slow or reluctant to leave. 2) (linger over) spend a long time over. 3) be slow to fade, disappear, or die. DERIVATIVES lingerer noun lingering adjective. ORIGIN from obsolete leng «p …
3lingerer — A decidedly literary vocative, unlikely to occur in normal speech. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë, has: “‘Jane!” called a voice, and I hastened down. I was received at the foot of the stairs by Mr Rochester. “Lingerer,” he said, “my brain is… …
4lingerer — noun see linger …
5lingerer — See linger. * * * …
6lingerer — noun Agent noun of linger; one who lingers …
7lingerer — Synonyms and related words: clock watcher, dallier, dawdle, dawdler, diddler, dillydallier, do nothing, dolittle, doodler, drone, faineant, foot dragger, gentleman of leisure, goldbrick, goldbricker, goof off, idler, laggard, lie abed, loafer,… …
8lingerer — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One that lags: dawdler, dilly dallier, lag, laggard, lagger, loiterer, poke, procrastinator, straggler, tarrier. Informal: slowpoke. See FAST …
9lingerer — n. person who is reluctant to leave; person who delays, dawdler; person who prolongs …
10lingerer — lin·ger·er …
