Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lounge \Lounge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lounged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Lounging}.] [OE. lungis a tall, slow, awkward fellow, OF.
   longis, longin, said to be fr. Longinus, the name of the
   centurion who pierced the body of Christ, but with reference
   also to L. longus long. Cf. {Long}, a.]
   To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to
   pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an
   indolent manner.

         We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature,
         yawn over politics.                      --J. Hannay.