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.

Anagrams

• mongrelise