LINGERINGppr.
1. Delaying; loitering.
2. a. Drawing out in time; remaining long; protracted; as a lingering disease.
To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly.
LINGERINGn.
A delaying; a remaining long; tardiness; protraction.
The lingerings of holyday customs.