Meaning

2 senses

  1. (UK, dialectal)Tedious; tiresomely long.

  2. (UK, archaic, dialectal)Marked or characterised by longness or length; lengthy; long-lasting; protracted.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English longsum, from Old English langsum (“long; taking a long time; lasting

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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Forms

more longsome, most longsome
Comparativemore longsome Lesson
Superlativemost longsome Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
tiresomeB2wearisomeB2prolonged
characterised by longness:lengthsome
long-lasting, protracted:diuturnal
tedious:plodding

Word family

2 related words
Derivedlongsomelylongsomeness

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
longelongevitylonginglylongitudelongtimeloo
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