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

• longsomely adverb
• longsomeness noun

Etymology

Origin of longsome

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

Example Sentences

Where woonce along the sky o' blue The zun went roun' his longsome bow, An' brighten'd, to my soul, the view About our little farm below.

From Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect by Barnes, William

When the time grew longsome on him, his shoulders became a-weary and he feared lest some one of the watch passing on his round should surprise and seize him.

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

His gaiety and his gravity offuscate one another; and the readers of his longsome fiction, or his dark parallel, were puzzled, even among his contemporaries, to know in what sense to receive them.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

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 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir