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lounged


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lounge  \Lounge\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Lounged};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Lounging}.]  [OE.  lungis  a  tall,  slow,  awkward  fellow,  OF 
  longis,  longin,  said  to  be  fr  Longinus,  the  name  of  the 
  centurion  who  pierced  the  body  of  Christ,  but  with  reference 
  also  to  L.  longus  long.  Cf  {Long},  a.] 
  To  spend  time  lazily,  whether  lolling  or  idly  sauntering;  to 
  pass  time  indolently;  to  stand  sit  or  recline,  in  an 
  indolent  manner. 
 
  We  lounge  over  the  sciences,  dawdle  through  literature, 
  yawn  over  politics.  --J.  Hannay. 




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