lingering

Etymology

From linger + -ing.

noun

  1. gerund of linger: an act of loitering or waiting.
    But through this insistent rhythm and rhyme, there are only questions and parenthetical pauses, interruptions and lingerings. 2000, David S. Reynolds, A Historical Guide to Walt Whitman, page 73
  2. That which lingers; a remnant.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of linger

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