longsome

American  

[lawng-suhm, long-] / ˈlɔŋ səm, ˈlɒŋ- /

adjective

1. tiresomely long; so protracted as to weary or cause boredom.

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Other Word Forms

• longsomeness
  noun
• longsomely
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of longsome

before 900; Middle English, Old English longsum, langsum. See long ¹, -some ¹

Example Sentences

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longsome

While slanderers slumber, longsome is my night, iii.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

However, the time grew longsome upon my sire and he became straitened and said to me, Make him confess.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

O night, thou art longsome for love-sick sprite * Complaining of      Love and its ecstacy: Thou makest him wakeful, who burns with fire * Of a love, like      the live coal's ardency.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

At last, when care waxed on him and calamity grew longsome, he fell sick of a sore sickness.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

If the conjunctive Hamzah is preceded by a quiescent letter, this takes generally Kasrah: "Tálat al-Laylah," the night was longsome, would become Tálati 'l-Laylah.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir