Longsomeness

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being longsome; lengthiness. uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English *langsumnesse, from Old English langsumnes (“length; patience, long-suffering”), equivalent to longsome + -ness.

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