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lingersome

lingersome adjective: characterised or marked by lingering.

Adjective

lingersome (comparative more lingersome, superlative most lingersome)

  1. Characterised or marked by lingering
    • Two days earlier he had received a visitor from Atlanta, Georgia, and it was still with him in a lingersome way, like smoke in your hair or gasoline on your hands.2000, Merrill Gilfillan, Grasshopper Falls
    • A lingersome last glance downtrack for the self-absented Major.2002, Bruce Olds, Bucking the Tiger

Forms of lingersome

comparativemore lingersome
superlativemost lingersome

Origin of lingersome

From linger + -some.

Questions about lingersome

What does lingersome mean?
Lingersome means characterised or marked by lingering.
What part of speech is lingersome?
Lingersome is an adjective.

Words near lingersome in the dictionary

  1. lingerings
  2. lingerly
  3. lingers
  4. lingers on
  5. lingers out
  6. lingersome
  7. linget
  8. lingets
  9. Lingewaal
  10. Lingewaard
  11. Lingfield

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