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.