lengthinessn.
/ˈlɛŋ(k)θɪnᵻs/, /ˈlɛnθɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈlɛŋθinᵻs/ The quality of being lengthy; prolixity.
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the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time
lenghc888
longnessOE
enduringc1374
length1388
continuing1398
long lasting?c1400
perdurability?a1425
perseverance?a1425
permanence1440
perdurablenessc1450
perdurationc1450
continuation1469
diuturnity?a1475
prolixityc1500
endurancea1513
sustention1515
continuance1552
long standinga1568
longitude1596
long-lastingness1598
sempiternity1599
consistence1606
persistence1621
long-livedness1652
abidingness1654
productedness1664
imperdibility1713
longiturnity1727
endurableness1795
lengthiness1829
endurability1837
perenniality1841
longevity1842
protractedness1855
enduringnessa1867
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > prolixity
prolixityc1395
tediouste?a1412
diffusiona1413
diffuseness1474
tediousness?a1475
largeness1547
longness1587
prolixness?1590
length1597
longanimity1607
tediositya1625
wire-drawing1640
longinquity1641
long-windedness1648
diffusivenessa1719
sprawling1822
longsomeness1834
ramblingness1835
lengthsomeness1849
bagginess1860
lengthiness1863
governmentese1907
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [noun] > fact or condition of being long
length1597
sesquipedality1760
lengthiness1875
1812 I. Pollexfen in Examiner 28 Dec. 828/2 (In pseudo-archaic spelling) If the pledyng bee of ordynarie longthynesse.]
1829 J. Bentham Justice & Codif. Petit., Abr. Petit. Justice 31 In lengthiness of delay..vying with..the equity courts.
1863 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtoniana I. ix. 144 Oratory, like the Drama, abhors lengthiness.
1873 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue (ed. 2) xii. 624 If we want to see lengthiness of language carried out to an extreme and exaggerated development.
1875 W. Maskell Ivories v. 44 Characterised by sharpness and meagreness of form, and lengthiness of proportion.
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