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furniture that politely insists you have nowhere better to be.
means A person who lounges idly, or a piece of furniture designed for reclining and relaxing.
from From the verb "lounge," which surfaced in English around the 16th century meaning to move or recline lazily — its own origins are murky, possibly linked to the idea of a sluggish, drooping posture. The "-er" suffix does its usual workmanlike job, turning the act of lounging into either the one who does it or the thing that enables it. Fittingly, a word for laziness can't quite be bothered to explain where it came from.
- french roots
- chaise longue means long chair, often misspelled chaise lounge
- royal origins
- reclining day-beds graced ancient Egyptian and Roman elites
- poolside icon
- the sunbed towel-claim is an unspoken global ritual
- angle science
- reclining shifts spinal load off your lower back
adirondack chair — wooden slat lounger designed in the adirondack mountains of new york in the 1900s
chaise longue — long upholstered lounger popular in french furniture design since the 18th century
bean bag chair — casual fabric lounger filled with polystyrene beads, commercialized widely in the 1960s-70s