lounge
nounEtymology Origin uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from French s'allonger (“to lie down”). Compare French longer (“to walk along”). Compare also German lungern (“to hang or lounge around, linger”).
7 senses
- 1A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment…
- 2A couch.
- 3The act of someone who lounges; idle reclining.
- 4A room of a house for casual relaxing and entertaining.
- 5A large comfortable seat for two or three people or…
- 6A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
- 7An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol…
1
Archaic A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease.
- He […] prevailed on Captain Musgrave to introduce him to a family, where he supposed he might find a monstrous good lounge for the rest of the time he was to be quartered in the neighbourhood.1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 196:
- Every search for him was equally unsuccessful, in morning lounges or evening assemblies.1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:
1 more example
- One morning she accompanied Madame de Soissons to the fair, then the favourite lounge and amusement. The Comtesse bought every trifle that caught her eye, while Francesca looked on.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter II, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 16:
3
The act of someone who lounges; idle reclining.
- That is, he devoted his waking hours to lounges among the habitués of Chestnut-street, and lollings in an arm-chair of 'Squire Coke in Walnut-street.1849, The Knickerbocker, volume 33, page 198:
4
UK, Especially A room of a house for casual relaxing and entertaining.
- Near-synonyms: den, living room, sitting room, parlour, parlor, rec room
- Let's go hang out in the lounge.
1 more example
- The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees. There were rugs from Tabriz and Kerman on the highly polished floor. […] A table lamp was fashioned from a silver Egyptian hookah.1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 18, in The Subtle Minotaur:
5
A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
6
A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
7
An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.
- Near-synonyms: bar, pub, divan; see also Thesaurus:pub
- Derived terms
35 terms
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