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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Thursday, 17 March 2022
on seaweeds
this rather lovely public domain review essay on seaweed collecting in the 19th century and the lost world of algology. anna atkins appears, of course, but a rather nice piece of george eliot trivia also.
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