linger.
To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
Meaning & usage
To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lengeren, frequentative of lengen (“to stay, dwell, tarry”), from Old English lenġan (“to lengthen, delay, extend”), from Proto-West Germanic *langijan, from Proto-Germanic *langijaną (compare West Frisian lingje (“to linger”), Dutch lengen, German längen, Icelandic lengja (“to lengthen”)), related to the root of English long. Equivalent to linge or long + -er (frequentative verb suffix).
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