LOITERS

Verb

loiters

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of loiter

Anagrams

• Storlie, estriol, toilers, trioles

Source: Wiktionary


LOITER

Loi"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loitered; p. pr. & vb. n. Loitering.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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