despite being a john locke fanboy in my day to my shame i'd either passed damaris masham by or missed her completely. so i was loving this article on aeon the other day.
which lead me to project vox and another fabulous resource!
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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