Obs. Also 6 longis, lundgis, 7 lunges, -eis. pl. 6 lungis. [a. OF. longis:—L. Longīnus apocryphal name of the centurion who pierced our Lord with a spear, by popular etymology associated with L. longus long.] a. A long, slim, awkward fellow; a lout. b. One who is long in doing anything; a laggard, a lingerer.
c. 1560. Richardes, Misogonus, II. ii. Let sungir [? read lungis, Collier’s conjecture] lurke and drudges worke, We doe defie their slaverye.
1572. Huloet (ed. Higgins), Longis or a long slymme, lungurio.
1579. Lyly, Euphues (Arb.), 115. If talle, [they term him] a lungis, if short, a dwarfe.
1592. Nashe, Summer’s Last Will (1600), E 4. No, that there is not, goodman Lundgis.
1611. Beaum. & Fl., Knt. Burn. Pestle, II. iii. The foule great Lungeis laid vnmercifully on thee.
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Lungis, a slim Slow-back; a drowsy or dreaming Fellow.
