Meanings
adjectivelingersome (comparative more lingersome, superlative most lingersome)
comparative more lingersome · superlative most lingersome
- Characterised or marked by lingering
A lingersome last glance downtrack for the self-absented Major.
2002, Bruce Olds, Bucking the Tiger1 more example
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
Origin
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lingersome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lingersome
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“lingersome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lingersome. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lingersome,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lingersome.
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