lingersome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"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."
"A lingersome last glance downtrack for the self-absented Major."

From linger + -some.

more lingersome (comparative) most lingersome (superlative)

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