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adj
Marked or characterised by longness or length; lengthy; long-lasting; protracted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, dialectal
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adj
Tedious; tiresomely long.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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History
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.
Across languages
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