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lounge. Longinus, according to the apocryphal gospel of Ni- codemus (7:8), was the Roman soldier who pierced the cruci- fied Christ’s side with a spear. Later, tradition tells us, the soldier converted to Christianity and in medieval times was honored as a saint. Contemporary mystery plays may have depicted Longinus, or Longis, as he was also called, as a tall, lazy lout leaning on his spear—at least in the centurion phase of his life. It has been suggested that to lounge could have derived from the posture of Longis, lounges and lounge lizards following after the verb. The theory isn’t likely to be confirmed, but Webster’s and other authorities do give longis, the Old French for “an awkward, drowsy person,” as the source for the word. |