v. & n.
v.intr. 1 recline comfortably and casually; loll. 2 stand or move about idly.
n. 1 a place for lounging, esp.: a a public room (e.g. in a hotel). b a place in an airport etc. with seats for waiting passengers. c a sitting-room in a house. 2 a spell of lounging. lounge bar Brit. a more comfortable room for drinking in a public house. lounge lizard colloq. an idler in fashionable society. lounge suit Brit. a man's formal suit for ordinary day wear.
[ perh. f. obs. lungis lout ]