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long-lasting, a.
[See long adv. 9.]
That lasts a long time.
1530Palsgr. 317/2 Longe lastyng, perdurable. 1587Golding De Mornay xxx. (1617) 483 That when he had giuen his life in sacrifice for sin, he might see a longlasting seede. 1669Worlidge Syst. Agric. (1681) 282 Gather not long-lasting Fruit till after Michaelmas. 1677Gilpin Demonol. (1867) 217 When their sorrows are long-lasting and deep. 1886C. Scott Sheep-farming 182 Long-lasting storms of frost and snow.
Hence long-lastingness. rare—1.
1598Florio, Longinquita,..a length of time, long lastingnes. |