lounge (v.)
to pass (time) in lounging (usually fol. by away or out): to lounge away the afternoon.
1508, from Scot., of uncertain origin, "to lounge about, lie at full length,"
The noun in the sense of "comfortable drawing room" is first recorded 1881;
in the sense of "couch on which one can lie at full length," 1830. Lounge lizard is from 1912,
originally in reference to men who hung around in tea rooms to flirt.
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Wednesday, 28 August 2019
ornuld opdahl
summer's in hiatus at the moment so some scandinavian darkness seems appropriate - ornulf opdahl
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