▪ I. lounging, vbl. n.
(ˈlaʊndʒɪŋ)
[f. lounge v. + -ing1.]
a. The action of lounge v.
| 1793 Ld. N. Spencer in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 121 Two or three hour's lounging in a place called a club. 1823 Byron Juan xi. lxvi, His afternoons he pass'd in visits, luncheons, Lounging, and boxing. 1901 Edin. Rev. Apr. 439 Seldom or never is the pulpit used..to denounce idleness, lounging or laziness. |
b. attrib., as
lounging-book,
lounging-chair,
lounging-coat,
lounging-hall,
lounging-jacket,
lounging-place,
lounging robe,
lounging-room.
| 1790 H. Walpole in Walpoliana clxxiv. 79 A catalogue raisonnée of such [novels] might be itself a good *lounging book. 1825 Gentl. Mag. XCV. i. 159 We assure our readers that the compilation is..an excellent lounging-book. |
| 1841 R. P. Ward De Clifford III. viii. 123 See these superb sofas, carpets, tables, and *lounging⁓chairs. 1867 Trollope Chron. Barset I. xxv. 217 [He] was sitting in a lounging-chair and smoking a cigar. 1971 Daily Tel. 11 May 13/5 Now, this year, Vogue have a lounging chair which lets you get your head down. |
| 1920 B. E. Stevenson Gloved Hand 11, I paused only to open my bag, change into a *lounging-coat, and brush off the dust of the journey. 1960 Harper's Bazaar Oct. 87 A chiffon lounging coat printed with cinnamon flowers. |
| 1785 Lounger No. 8 ¶2 If you will make Dun's rooms a *Lounging Hall instead of a Chapel. |
| 1861 Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. xxxiii. (1889) 319 The owner of the mansion was seated at table in a *lounging jacket. |
| 1837 Hawthorne Twice Told T. (1851) II. xii. 183 Peter had long absented himself from his former *lounging-places. |
| 1908 Sears Roebuck Catal. 1117 (heading) Long kimonos or negligees and bath or *lounging robes. 1945 R. Chandler Let. 13 Oct. in R. Chandler Speaking (1966) 44 The great man appeared.., clad in an expensive lounging robe. |
| 1863 Mrs. Gaskell Dark Night's Work iv. 42 He used the study for a smoking and *lounging-room principally. 1887 C. D. Warner Their Pilgrimage (1888) i. 2 In the spacious office and general lounging-room, sea-coal fires glowed in the wide grates. |
▪ II. lounging, ppl. a. (
ˈlaʊndʒɪŋ)
[f. lounge v. + -ing2.] a. That lounges.
b. Characterized by, occupied in, or adapted for lounging.
| 1674 N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 35 The foul stalking lundging body of that Og of Bashan. 1789 C. Smith Ethelinde I. 108 There is not any of his..lounging, tonish friends of his half so well looking. 1807 Knox & Jebb Corr. I. 326 There is..much of what is ‘flat, stale, and unprofitable’ in a lounging life. 1825 J. Neal Bro. Jonathan I. 16 He..walked with a sort of lounging stoop. 1851 Mayne Reid Scalp Hunt. xxxviii. 289 The horses stand in lounging attitudes, asleep. 1857 Hawthorne Eng. Note-Bks. (1879) II. 210 The library is..lounging and luxurious. |