Definition of Loitered

1. Verb. (past of loiter) ¹

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Definition of Loitered

1. loiter [v] - See also: loiter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loitered

loimic
loin
loin of lamb
loincloth
loinclothed
loincloths
loiner
loiners
loinskin
loipe
loipen
loir
loirs
loiter
loitered (current term)
loiterer
loiterers
loitering
loiteringly
loiters
lojbanized
lojbanizes
lojbanizing
loke
lokes
loki
lokorys
lokshen

Literary usage of Loitered

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1917)
"... Lately our poets loitered in green lanes. Content to catch the ballad of the plains ; I fancied I had strength enough to climb A loftier station at no ..."

2. The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic (1900)
"Once upon the street, however, his pace slackened. There was still a good deal of daylight outside, and he loitered aimlessly about, walking with bowed head ..."

3. Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal by William Beckford (1834)
"... retiring into a wood of the Marchese Mansi, with neat pebble walks and trickling rivulets, we took coffee and loitered till sunset. ..."

4. The Spanish Story of the Armada, and Other Essays by James Anthony Froude (1899)
"Here, too, in these pleasant surroundings we would gladly have loitered for a day or two ; but the steward was clamorous over his dirty linen, ..."

5. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1911)
"... Lately our poets loitered in green lanes. Content to catch the ballad of the plains ; I fancied I had strength enough to climb A loftier station at no ..."

6. The Philadelphia Magazines and Their Contributors, 1741-1850 by Albert Henry Smyth (1892)
"... (1784) gives us a glimpse of the motley society that loitered in Bell's Third Street shop. " Just by St. Paul's, where dry divines rehearse, ..."

7. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"... who assemble near that famous place of resort, to the great terror and confusion of the old-lady population of these realms. ' Having loitered here ..."

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