单词 | loitering |
释义 | loiteringn. a. The action of loiter v. in its various senses. †In early use, vagrancy, vagabondage. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting loitering1362 triflinga1382 dalliance1567 piddling1580 baubling1608 idlement1622 concessation1623 paddling1642 sauntering1680 puddling1695 dawdle1813 dawdling1819 puttering1835 pottering1844 peddling1851 tiddlywinking1869 loiter1876 frivolling1882 potter1897 muckings1898 futzing1907 piffling1914 fucking1931 monkeying1932 muck-about1968 twatting1989 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage loitering1530 vacabuncy1535 vagabondry1547 vagabuncy1549 roguing1577 roguery1594 vagabondinga1628 vagrancy1706 vagrance1751 vagabondizing1755 vagabondage1813 vagabondism1822 vag1859 beachcombing1867 trampism1893 hoboism1930 society > travel > [noun] > slow loitering1822 the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] > slow movement or progress dragglinga1599 slaggering1622 drag1813 creep1818 dawdling1819 loitering1822 draggle1894 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. v. 188 Þer was lauȝwhing and lotering and ‘let go þe cuppe’. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 240/2 Loyteryng, trvandise. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. K.vij A man giuen to exercises is vertuouse, and one giuen to leutrynges is a viciouse person. 1585 C. Fetherston tr. J. Calvin Comm. Actes Apostles xxiii. 13 When God calleth vs expresly, our loitring is without excuse. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xxv. 270 And to see that there be no intermission, or loitering in any fourme, if the Master bee away. a1718 W. Penn Maxims in Wks. (1726) I. 854 Nor is he a good Servant..that connives at other's Loyterings. 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall i. 7 Should I..in the course of my loiterings..see..anything curious. 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. xiii. 234 Opportunities..which loiterings by the..road-sides present. 1889 R. Browning Imperante Augusto 162 No loitering, or be sure you taste the lash. ΚΠ 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 47 Were it not better to take it away soone after, as we do loitering books..from children. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 28 The helps..of breviaries, synopses, and other loitering gear. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2021). loiteringadj. That loiters or idles; in early use, that leads a vagabond life. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [adjective] > idling or loafing loiteringa1533 truanting1635 sauntering1672 dawdling1773 shackling1788 lounging1789 louting1836 lubbering1837 loafing1857 mitching1857 scowbanking1868 shacking1881 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > as a vagabond or tramp vagrant1461 loiteringa1533 way-walkinga1535 roguing1566 roguish1572 vagabondical1576 vagabond1585 vagabondinga1586 land-loping1587 vagrom1600 leap-land1614 vagabondial1615 vaguea1627 gangrel1650 vagabondious1661 going1737 gang-there-out1815 tramping1828 vagabondizing1830 pikey1838 beachcombing1845 runagate1877 going-about1886 bummy1890 the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > moving slowly slowa1398 slow-movingc1450 slow-bellied1554 lazya1568 slow-footed1587 slow-paced1594 leaden-footed1596 snaily1596 snail-paced1597 dragglinga1599 leaden-heeled1598 ambling1600 slow-foot1607 sluggisha1616 slow-pacing1616 tortoise-paced1623 slow-going1634 leaden-stepping1645 tardigradous1652 tardigrade1656 snail-crawleda1658 dawdling1773 loitering1791–2 slow-stepping1793 creepy1794 lugging1816 tortoise-footed1818 crawling1820 creepy-crawly1858 slowing1877 lead-foot1896 soodling1951 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. L.ivv These lewtryng theues, whyche wyl not labour by daie. 1583 A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion sig. F2v I haue bene..a loytering labourer..in the Lords vineyarde. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 210 A companie of loytering companions. a1674 Earl of Clarendon Dialogue conc. Educ. in Tracts (1727) 346 There is no Temper so much to be despised, as a loitering lazy Nature. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 491. ⁋1 After an Hour spent in this loitering way of Reading. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 832 Herds Of fluttering, loitering, cringing..vagrants. 1791–2 W. Wordsworth Descr. Sketches 89 The loitering traveller hence, at evening, sees From rock-hewn steps the sail between the trees. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 181 Loiter willing by yon loitering stream. 1859 J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire i. vi. 110 No loitering step was permitted by the overseers. Derivatives ˈloiteringly adv. in a loitering manner; in early use, †like a vagabond. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adverb] lateeOE latelyOE heavilyc1000 hoolya1340 slowlyc1384 slowa1398 sluggedlyc1450 tarryingly1530 loiteringly1547 sluggishly1565 languishingly1579 limpingly1579 lingeringly1589 tarde1598 unnimbly1607 longsomelyc1610 tardilya1616 languidly1655 heavy1701 slack1854 snailishly1889 tharfly1894 pole pole1902 weedy-slow1921 the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adverb] > tardily or sluggishly slacklyc960 latelyOE heavilyc1000 hoolya1340 sluggedlyc1450 sluggishlyc1450 tarryingly1530 loiteringly1547 tediously1557 languishingly1579 limpingly1579 lingeringly1589 unnimbly1607 longsomelyc1610 tardilya1616 a-sluga1620 sluggingly1653 languidly1655 dilatorily1700 heavy1701 lagginglyc1817 laggardly1835 slack1854 slackly1884 logily1912 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adverb] > in wandering manner > as a vagabond or tramp loiteringly1547 vagrant-like1679 society > travel > [adverb] > slowly loiteringly1836 the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adverb] slowlyc1384 slowa1398 tortoise-like1645 lently1655 snail-like1825 loiteringly1836 dreichly1844 oozily1871 leadenly1879 snailishly1889 glacially1975 1547 Act 1 Edw. VI c. 3 §1 The said parsone so living Idelye and loyteringlie. a1617 P. Baynes Lectures 136 in Comm. First & Second Chapters Colossians (1634) Not looking that loyteringly it should be atchieved. 1836 New Monthly Mag. 46 43 He..strolled loiteringly on. 1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal vii. 135 Like a first violet of spring, Trembling downwards loiteringly. ˈloiteringness n. the quality of being inclined to loiter. ΚΠ 1868 J. H. Stirling in N. Brit. Rev. 49 364 That inertia, that lingeringness and loiteringness, that are not unfrequent in Browning. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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