longnessn.

Brit.

/ˈlɒŋnəs/, U.S.

/ˈlɔŋnəs/,

/ˈlɑŋnəs/

Forms: see long adj.¹ and n.¹ and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: long adj.¹, -ness suffix.

Etymology: < long adj.¹ + -ness suffix. Compare length n. and also longsomeness n.

The fact or quality of being long, esp. in relation to physical size or the passage of time; the degree or extent to which something is long; linear magnitude, length; duration. Formerly also: †protractedness, delay (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

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

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [noun]

lenghc888

longnessOE

length1154

dimension1413

sideness1422

longitude?a1425

prolixity?a1425

distance1582

longity1604

distent1613

protension1704

sidth1831

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun]

longingeOE

bideOE

abodec1225

bodea1300

demura1300

dwella1300

litinga1300

delayc1300

delayingc1300

demurrancec1300

but honec1325

without ensoignec1325

abidec1330

dretchingc1330

dwellingc1330

essoinc1330

tarrying1340

litea1350

delaymenta1393

respitea1393

oversettinga1398

delayancea1400

delitea1400

lingeringa1400

stounding?a1400

sunyiea1400

targea1400

train?a1400

deferring14..

dilation14..

dayc1405

prolongingc1425

spacec1430

adjourningc1436

retardationc1437

prolongation?a1439

training1440

adjournment1445

sleuthingc1450

tarry1451

tarriance1460

prorogation1476

oversetc1485

tarriage1488

debaid1489

supersedement1492

superseding1494

off-putting1496

postponing1496

tract1503

dilating1509

sparinga1513

hafting1519

sufferance1523

tracking1524

sticking1525

stay1530

pause1532

protraction1535

tracting1535

protract of time1536

protracting1540

postposition1546

staying1546

procrastination1548

difference1559

surceasing1560

tardation1568

detract1570

detracting1572

tarryment1575

rejourning1578

detraction1579

longness1579

rejournment1579

holding1581

reprieving1583

cunctation1585

retarding1585

retardance1586

temporizing1587

by and by1591

suspensea1592

procrastinatinga1594

tardance1595

linger1597

forslacking1600

morrowing1602

recess1603

deferment1612

attendance1614

put-off1623

adjournal1627

fristing1637

hanging-up1638

retardment1640

dilatoriness1642

suspension1645

stickagea1647

tardidation1647

transtemporation1651

demurragea1656

prolatation1656

prolation1656

moration1658

perendination1658

offput1730

retardure1751

postponement1757

retard1781

traverse1799

tarrowing1832

mañana1845

temporization1888

procrastinativeness1893

deferral1895

traa dy liooar1897

stalling1927

heel-tapping1949

off-put1970

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 mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > unit of duration of speech sound > long quality

longness1841

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [noun] > quantity > long quantity

length1762

longness1841

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxvi. 238 Þæt ge magon underfon..hwæt sy bradnyss, langnyss, heahnyss, and deopnys, on godes gesetnyssum.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 105 (MED) Þet uerste word ous sseweþ þe langnesse of his eurebleuinge.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xxi. 1160 Camaleon is a beste liche to þe cocadrille and is dyuerse oonliche in crokednesse of þe bak and in þe longnesse of the tayle.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 22 Som substaunce spumous or humerous which in longnez [L. diuturnitate] of tyme is alterate in many maner of substancez.

1486 Blasyng of Armys sig. cvii^v, in Bk. St. Albans And it be dyuidid after the longnes or after the brodenes.

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vi. 342 The affaires betweene Cesar & the French king proceeded with so great a longnes.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. Pref. sig. ***i^v I shall sometimes be long, and peradventure tedious to the Reader,..But..in this longnesse of mine, I straine my nature to apply myselfe to all men.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. lxxviii. 611 The longnes of time will become tedious.

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) iii. viii. 148 It is shineing, indifferently hard, round behind, with some longness.

1684 S. E. Answer Remarks upon Dr. H. More 254 The longness of the time.

1772 C. Varlo New Syst. of Husb. (ed. 3) III. xxxviii. 215 It [sc. Siberian wheat] comes up with a very broad, strong, healthy blade, owing to the longness of the grain.

1841 R. G. Latham Eng. Lang. vi. 128 The Longness or Shortness of a Vowel or Syllable is said to be its Quantity.

1890 Temple Bar July 431 She had a curious, opium-like perception of time's longness.

1914 Times 20 July 4/1 The principle which makes for longness or shortness in pea plants.

2002 D. L. Burgin in K. B. Eaton Enemies of People i. 48 She put faith in the longness of art compared to the brevity of her own life.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	longness
释义	longnessn. Brit. /ˈlɒŋnəs/, U.S. /ˈlɔŋnəs/, /ˈlɑŋnəs/ Forms: see long adj.¹ and n.¹ and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: long adj.¹, -ness suffix. Etymology: < long adj.¹ + -ness suffix. Compare length n. and also longsomeness n. The fact or quality of being long, esp. in relation to physical size or the passage of time; the degree or extent to which something is long; linear magnitude, length; duration. Formerly also: †protractedness, delay (obsolete). ΘΚΠ 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 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [noun] lenghc888 longnessOE length1154 dimension1413 sideness1422 longitude?a1425 prolixity?a1425 distance1582 longity1604 distent1613 protension1704 sidth1831 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] longingeOE bideOE abodec1225 bodea1300 demura1300 dwella1300 litinga1300 delayc1300 delayingc1300 demurrancec1300 but honec1325 without ensoignec1325 abidec1330 dretchingc1330 dwellingc1330 essoinc1330 tarrying1340 litea1350 delaymenta1393 respitea1393 oversettinga1398 delayancea1400 delitea1400 lingeringa1400 stounding?a1400 sunyiea1400 targea1400 train?a1400 deferring14.. dilation14.. dayc1405 prolongingc1425 spacec1430 adjourningc1436 retardationc1437 prolongation?a1439 training1440 adjournment1445 sleuthingc1450 tarry1451 tarriance1460 prorogation1476 oversetc1485 tarriage1488 debaid1489 supersedement1492 superseding1494 off-putting1496 postponing1496 tract1503 dilating1509 sparinga1513 hafting1519 sufferance1523 tracking1524 sticking1525 stay1530 pause1532 protraction1535 tracting1535 protract of time1536 protracting1540 postposition1546 staying1546 procrastination1548 difference1559 surceasing1560 tardation1568 detract1570 detracting1572 tarryment1575 rejourning1578 detraction1579 longness1579 rejournment1579 holding1581 reprieving1583 cunctation1585 retarding1585 retardance1586 temporizing1587 by and by1591 suspensea1592 procrastinatinga1594 tardance1595 linger1597 forslacking1600 morrowing1602 recess1603 deferment1612 attendance1614 put-off1623 adjournal1627 fristing1637 hanging-up1638 retardment1640 dilatoriness1642 suspension1645 stickagea1647 tardidation1647 transtemporation1651 demurragea1656 prolatation1656 prolation1656 moration1658 perendination1658 offput1730 retardure1751 postponement1757 retard1781 traverse1799 tarrowing1832 mañana1845 temporization1888 procrastinativeness1893 deferral1895 traa dy liooar1897 stalling1927 heel-tapping1949 off-put1970 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 mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > unit of duration of speech sound > long quality longness1841 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [noun] > quantity > long quantity length1762 longness1841 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxvi. 238 Þæt ge magon underfon..hwæt sy bradnyss, langnyss, heahnyss, and deopnys, on godes gesetnyssum. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 105 (MED) Þet uerste word ous sseweþ þe langnesse of his eurebleuinge. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xxi. 1160 Camaleon is a beste liche to þe cocadrille and is dyuerse oonliche in crokednesse of þe bak and in þe longnesse of the tayle. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 22 Som substaunce spumous or humerous which in longnez [L. diuturnitate] of tyme is alterate in many maner of substancez. 1486 Blasyng of Armys sig. cvii^v, in Bk. St. Albans And it be dyuidid after the longnes or after the brodenes. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vi. 342 The affaires betweene Cesar & the French king proceeded with so great a longnes. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. Pref. sig. **i^v I shall sometimes be long, and peradventure tedious to the Reader,..But..in this longnesse of mine, I straine my nature to apply myselfe to all men. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique* iii. lxxviii. 611 The longnes of time will become tedious. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) iii. viii. 148 It is shineing, indifferently hard, round behind, with some longness. 1684 S. E. Answer Remarks upon Dr. H. More 254 The longness of the time. 1772 C. Varlo New Syst. of Husb. (ed. 3) III. xxxviii. 215 It [sc. Siberian wheat] comes up with a very broad, strong, healthy blade, owing to the longness of the grain. 1841 R. G. Latham Eng. Lang. vi. 128 The Longness or Shortness of a Vowel or Syllable is said to be its Quantity. 1890 Temple Bar July 431 She had a curious, opium-like perception of time's longness. 1914 Times 20 July 4/1 The principle which makes for longness or shortness in pea plants. 2002 D. L. Burgin in K. B. Eaton Enemies of People i. 48 She put faith in the longness of art compared to the brevity of her own life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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