† ˈlungis Obs.
Also 6 longis, lundgis, 7 lunges, -eis. pl. 6 lungis.
[a. OF. longis:—L. Longīnus apocryphal name of the centurion who pierced our Lord with a spear, by popular etymology associated with L. longus long.]
a. A long, slim, awkward fellow; a lout. b. One who is long in doing anything; a laggard, a lingerer.
| c 1560 Richardes Misogonus ii. ii, Let sungir [? read lungis, Collier's conjecture] lurke and drudges worke, We doe defie their slaverye. 1572 Huloet (ed. Higgins), Longis or a long slymme, lungurio. 1579 Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 115 If talle, [they term him] a lungis, if short, a dwarfe. 1592 Nashe Summer's Last Will (1600) E 4, No, that there is not, goodman Lundgis. 1611 Beaum. & Fl. Knt. Burn. Pestle ii. iii, The foule great Lungeis laid vnmercifully on thee. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Lungis, a slim Slow-back; a drowsy or dreaming Fellow. |