Definition of Loitir
Loi"ter (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Loitered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Loitering.] [D. leuteren to delay, loiter; cf; Prov. G.
lottern to be louse, lotter louse, slack, unsettled,
vagrant, OHG. lotar.] 1. To be slow in
moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to
saunter; to lag behind.
Sir John, you loiter here too
long. Shak.
If we have loitered, let us quicken our
pace. Rogers.
2. To wander as an idle vagrant. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Syn. -- To linger; delay; lag; saunter; tarry.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To stand about without any aim or pupose; to linger; to hang around.
For some reason, they discourage loitering outside the store, but encourage it inside.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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