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ˈlongsomeness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
Tedious lengthiness; † tardiness (Sc.).
a1000Ags. Ps. xx. 4 (Spelman) Langsumnysse daᵹa. 1597Jas. I Dæmonol. 18 Considering the long-somenesse of the labour [etc.]. 1601J. Wheeler Treat. Comm. 57 Such was the longsomenes of Returne, and the badness of the time at that instant. 1687in Shields Faithf. Contend. (1780) 289 We..must intreat your favour..for our longsomeness in sending. 1834Q. Rev. L. 527 The first..of these objections is the length of the Sunday morning service—the ‘longsomeness’, as Archdeacon Berens terms it. 1887Sat. Rev. 1 Jan. 19 A pretty scene, but superfluous, and producing no other effect than that of longsomeness. |