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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
linger/ˈlɪŋɡə(r)/
verb be slow or reluctant to leave.

■ (linger over) spend a long time over.

■ (usu. linger on) be slow to disappear or die.

– derivatives
lingerer noun,
lingering adjective,
lingeringly adverb.
– origin ME: frequentative of obs. leng ‘prolong’, of Gmc origin; rel. to long1.



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