lounge

lounge
{{11}}lounge (n.) "comfortable drawing room," 1881, from LOUNGE (Cf. lounge) (v.); in the sense of "couch on which one can lie at full length," it is attested from 1830. Lounge lizard is from 1912, originally in reference to men who hung around in tea rooms to flirt.
{{12}}lounge (v.) "to loll idly," c.1500, Scottish, of uncertain origin, perhaps [Barnhart] from Fr. s'allonger (paresseusement) "to lounge about, lie at full length," from O.Fr. alongier "lengthen," from L. longus "long" (see LONG (Cf. long) (adj.)). Another etymology traces it through obsolete lungis (n.) "slow, lazy person" (c.1560), from M.Fr. longis, a generic application of Longinus, supposed to be the name of the centurion who pierced Christ's side with a spear in John xix.34. Popular etymology associated the name directly with long (adj.). Related: Lounged; lounging.

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