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Webster 1913 Edition

Lounge

Lounge

(lounj)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lounged
(lounjd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Lounging
(loun′jĭng)
.]
[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
,
Adj.
]
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.

Lounge

,
Noun.
1.
An idle gait or stroll; the state of reclining indolently; a place of lounging.
She went with Lady Stock to a bookseller’s whose shop served as a fashionable
lounge
.
Miss Edgeworth.
2.
A piece of furniture resembling a sofa, upon which one may lie or recline.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lounge

LOUNGE

,
Verb.
I.
to live in idleness; to spend time lazily.

Definition 2024

Lounge

Lounge

See also: lounge

German

Lounge

Noun

Lounge f

  1. lounge (waiting room)


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lounge

lounge

See also: Lounge

English

Noun

lounge ‎(plural lounges)

  1. A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
  2. A domestic living room.
    • 1954, Alexander Alderson, The Subtle Minotaur, chapter 18:
      The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees. There were rugs from Tabriz and Kerman on the highly polished floor. […] A table lamp was fashioned from a silver Egyptian hookah.
  3. An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.
  4. A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
  5. The act of one who lounges; idle reclining.
    • 1849, The Knickerbocker (volume 33, page 198)
      That is, he devoted his waking hours to lounges among the habitués of Chestnut-street, and lollings in an arm-chair of 'Squire Coke in Walnut-street.

Synonyms

  • (pub): See also Wikisaurus:pub

Translations

Verb

lounge ‎(third-person singular simple present lounges, present participle lounging, simple past and past participle lounged)

  1. To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
    • J. Hannay
      We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics.

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Derived terms

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Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /luːɵŋɛ/

Etymology 1

lo +‎ unge

Noun

lounge c

  1. The offspring of a lynx
Inflection of lounge 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lounge loungen loungar loungarna
Genitive lounges loungens loungars loungarnas

Etymology 2

From English.

Noun

lounge c

  1. Lounge, waiting room

Declension

Inflection of lounge 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lounge loungen lounger loungerna
Genitive lounges loungens loungers loungernas

Etymology

Origin uncertain, possibly from French s'allonger ‎(“to lie down”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laʊndʒ/

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