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longsome

adj
/ˈlɒŋsəm/

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.

  1. inherited from *langasam✻ — “lengthy; long-lasting; vast; extensive”
  2. inherited from langsum — “long; taking a long time; lasting a long time; long-enduring; long-suffering”
  3. inherited from longsum

Definitions

  1. Marked or characterised by longness or length

    Marked or characterised by longness or length; lengthy; long-lasting; protracted.

  2. Tedious

    Tedious; tiresomely long.

The neighborhood

Derived

longsomely, longsomeness

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for longsome. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA