Lengthsome

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of significant length; long; lengthy.

    "[…] and of course I planned a number of schemes for making it, when the time should come, duly effective and elegant. I pined to learn something of her during the lengthsome days of absence."

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longlongsome

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"[…] and of course I planned a number of schemes for making it, when the time should come, duly effective and elegant. I pined to learn something of her during the lengthsome days of absence."

Etymology

From length + -some.

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