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longsome, a. Now chiefly dial. and arch.|ˈlɒŋsəm|
Forms: 1 longsum, 1–4, 6 Sc. langsum, (2 lonsum, 6 Sc. layngsum, 7 longsom), 6– longsome, Sc. langsome.
[OE. langsum, f. lang long a. + -sum -some. Cf. OS. langsam (Du. langzaam), OHG., MHG. lancsam (G. langsam).]
Long, lengthy; long-lasting; esp. tediously long; † tardy, dilatory, slow.
Beowulf (Gr.) 134 Wæs þæt ᵹewin to strang, lað and longsum. c1000Sax. Leechd. II. 210 Þonne seo unᵹefelde aheardung þære lifre to langsum wyrð. c1175Lamb. Hom. 111 Þa dusian him sculen efre adredan elles ne bið his rixlunge ne fest ne lonsum. c1300Cursor M. 28471, I haue halden quen i was sett langsum setes at my mete. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxvii. (Machor) 1237 It ware langsum for to say the wondir þat god in þe way wrocht. 1513Douglas æneis iv. Prol. 133 Quhat is, bot turment, all his langsum fair, Begun with feir, and endit in dispair? 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (1858) II. 3 With soir travell than baith with barne and wyfe, Richt mony da leidand ane langsum lyfe. 1563Winȝet Four Scoir Thre Quest. Wks. 1888 I. 60 We ar offendit be his layngsum delay. 1575Gascoigne Dan Bartholomew Posies 99 A Lampe..With oyle and weecke to last the longsome night. 1599Jas. I βασιλ. Δωρον (1603) 118 Take no longsome workes in hande, for distracting you from your calling. a1656Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 401 To demonstrate this in particulars, were a long-some task. 1661–2Marvell Corr. xxxiv. Wks. 1872–5 II. 78 You may perhaps think us longsome in giuing you an account of your businesse. c1704Prior Henry & Emma 371 We tread with weary steps the longsome plain. 1728Ramsay Lure 55 She is not langsome In taking captives. 1842F. Trollope Visit Italy I. i. 4 The longsome interval between leaving Paris and arriving at Lyons. 1859Helps Friends in C. Ser. ii. II. ii. 27 Men contrive to make their pleasures as dull, longsome, and laborious as any part of their daily task-work. 1861W. Barnes in Macm. Mag. June 135 Many a cheek has been paled..by longsome hours of over-work. 1893Stevenson Catriona 87 The way there was a little longsome. |