lingersome

English

Etymology

From linger +‎ -some.

Adjective

lingersome (comparative more lingersome, superlative most lingersome)

  1. Characterised or marked by lingering
    • 2000, Merrill Gilfillan, Grasshopper Falls:
      Two days earlier he had received a visitor from Atlanta, Georgia, and it was still with him in a lingersome way, like smoke in your hair or gasoline on your hands.
    • 2002, Bruce Olds, Bucking the Tiger:
      A lingersome last glance downtrack for the self-absented Major.

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