Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Tiresomely long.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Long and tedious: applied to persons and things.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Extended in length; tiresome.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective archaic
Long-lasting ,lengthy .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Kings, O my son, may not pass from one thing to another, and when they go in quest of a man, ah! longsome is his travail.
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While slanderers slumber, longsome is my night, iii.
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Now when this became longsome to him, one day he doffed his shirt and set it upon a cane and shook out the sleeves; then placing his turband on the top and girding its middle with a shawl, he stuck it up in the place where he used to pray.
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Under such circumstances it cannot well be other than longsome and monotonous reading.
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They abode after this fashion three full told months, which were long and longsome indeed, and every time she made advances to him, he would refuse himself and say, “Whatever belongeth to the master is unlawful to the man.”
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After his son had fared forth to the chase accompanied by Marzawan, as before related, he tarried patiently awaiting their return at nightfall; but when his son did not appear he passed a sleepless night and the dark hours were longsome upon him; his restlessness was excessive, his excitement grew upon him and he thought the morning would never dawn.
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However, the time grew longsome upon my sire and he became straitened and said to me, Make him confess.
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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.
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Quoth I, ‘Be not longsome of speech with me, for I must and will sell it;’ and quoth she, ‘Then sell it to me for fifteen thousand dinars, on condition that I take charge of thine affairs.’
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Persians, who abhor Omar, compare every lengthy, ungainly, longsome thing with him; they will say, “This road never ends, like the entrails of Omar.”
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