different between loll vs loiter

English

Etymology

From Middle English lollen, lullen (“to lounge idly, hang loosely”), of uncertain origin; the Middle English Dictionary suggests a derivation from Middle Dutch lollen, lullen (“to doze; to mumble, talk nonsense”), though the words could merely be cognate. Compare modern Dutch lol (“fun”)), Icelandic lolla (“to act lazily”). See also lull.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /l?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Verb

loll (third-person singular simple present lolls, present participle lolling, simple past and past participle lolled)

1. (intransitive) To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. [from mid-14th c.]
   • 1726, Aulus Persius Flaccus; John Dryden, transl., “The Second Satyr”, in The Satyrs of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Made English by Mr. Dryden, published in The Satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis: And of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Translated into English Verse by Mr. Dryden, and Several Other Eminent Hands. To which is Prefix’d a Discourse concerning the Original and Progress of Satyr, 5th edition, London: Printed for J[acob] Tonson, at Shakespear's Head over-against Catherine-street in the Strand, ?OCLC, page 251:

     And think'?t thou, Jove him?elf, with Patience then / Can hear a Pray'r condemn'd by wicked Men? / That, void of Care, he lolls ?upine in State, / And leaves his Bus'ne?s to be done by Fate?
2. (intransitive) To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion. [from 1610s]
3. (transitive, intransitive) To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way.

Synonyms

• (to act lazily or indolently): relax, slack, slacken

Translations

References

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lolli. Cognate to Votic lollo (“fool, idiot”) and dialectal Finnish lolli (“fool; stupid, fat, lazy”).

Adjective

loll (genitive lolli, partitive lolli)

1. stupid

Noun

loll (genitive lolli, partitive lolli)

1. a stupid person; a fool

Declension

Antonyms

• tark

See also

• nõme
• rumal

English

Etymology

From Middle English loitren, from Middle Dutch loteren (“to shake, wag, wobble”), ultimately connected with a frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *l?tan? (“to bend, stoop, cower, shrink from, decline”), see lout. Cognate with Dutch leuteren (“to dawdle”), Alemannic German lottern (“to wobble”), German Lotterbube (“rascal”). More at lout, little.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l??t?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l??t?/, [?l?j??]
• Rhymes: -??t?(r)

Verb

loiter (third-person singular simple present loiters, present participle loitering, simple past and past participle loitered)

1. To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly.

   Synonyms: (Malaysia, Singapore) lepak, linger, hang around

2. To remain at a certain place instead of moving on.
3. (military, aviation) For an aircraft to remain in the air near a target.

Derived terms

• loiter time

Translations

Noun

loiter (plural loiters)

1. A standing or strolling about without any aim or purpose.
   • 1865, Edward Spooner, Parson and People (page 125)

     Oh, Sir, we just got up in the morning and had a loiter and a pipe on the green; then we got our breakfasts; […]

Anagrams

• Loiret, Lortie, toiler, triole