longsome
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of longsome
before 900; Middle English, Old English longsum, langsum. See long 1, -some 1
Example Sentences
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It has its longueurs and at times is longsome enough; but it is interesting as a comparison between the chivalry of Al-Islam and European knight-errantry.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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 Sir Richard Francis Burton
While slanderers slumber, longsome is my night, iii.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Under such circumstances it cannot well be other than longsome and monotonous reading.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
The three rejoiced with exceeding joy to meet once more and fell on one another's necks; thanking Allah who had brought them back safe and sound, hale and hearty, after such prolonged and longsome absence.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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