longsomeness
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English *langsumnesse, from Old English langsumnes (“length; patience, long-suffering”), equivalent to longsome + -ness.
Noun[edit]
longsomeness (uncountable)
- The quality of being longsome; lengthiness.
Synonyms[edit]
- enduringness, protractedness; see also Thesaurus:lastingness
References[edit]
- “longsome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.