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Linger

/ˈlɪŋɡə/

Remaining in a place longer than necessary because one wants to delay departure.

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Goodbye Marner!' Godfrey lingered a moment by Silas's chair.Victor asks in response to my lingering.'Poor girl,' thought Nicholas, 'she little thinks who lingers here!'

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Originating in the late Middle English period, from Old English lengan, influenced by Old Norse lengja, meaning to prolong.

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