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.
matrakci (spelling!) nasuh seems to me yet another of those middle eastern/central asian/ottoman types who is unjustly neglected because europeans just can't read the language. the amount of his images is limited on google bu worth a look
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