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Longsome

//ˈlɒŋsəm// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Marked or characterised by longness or length; lengthy; long-lasting; protracted. UK, archaic, dialectal
  2. 2
    Tedious; tiresomely long. UK, dialectal

Etymology

From Middle English longsum, from Old English langsum (“long; taking a long time; lasting a long time; long-enduring; long-suffering”), from Proto-West Germanic *langasam (“lengthy; long-lasting; vast; extensive”), equivalent to long + -some.

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