longsomeadj.

Brit.

/ˈlɒŋs(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈlɔŋs(ə)m/,

/ˈlɑŋs(ə)m/, Scottish English

/ˈlɔŋs(ə)m/, Irish English

/ˈlɒːŋs(ə)m/

Forms: Old English lancsum (rare), Old English longsum, Old English longsumm- (Northumbrian, inflected form), Old English–Middle English langsum, early Middle English loncsum, early Middle English lonsum, 1500s– longsome, 1600s longsom; Scottish pre-1700 langsuime, pre-1700 layngsum, pre-1700 longsum, pre-1700 1700s– langsome, pre-1700 1800s langsume, pre-1700 1800s (1900s– Orkney) langsam, pre-1700 1800s– langsum, 1700s longsome, 1700s (1900s– Shetland) langsom, 1800s langsame; Irish English (northern) 1900s– langsome, 1900s– longsome.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch lancsame , lancsem , lansem lasting or taking a long time, (in late sources: 15th cent.) slow, procrastinating (Dutch langzaam slow, procrastinating), Old Saxon langsam enduring, long-lasting (Middle Low German lancsam , lancsum slow, lasting or taking a long time), Old High German lancsam lasting or taking a long time (Middle High German lancsam ; German langsam now only in sense ‘slow, tardy’) < the Germanic base of long adj.¹ + the Germanic base of -some suffix¹.

In later use chiefly Scottish, Irish English, and English regional (northern).

1. Long, lengthy, esp. excessively or tediously so; lasting or taking a long time.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring

longeOE

longsomeeOE

long of lifeOE

lastinga1225

cleaving1340

continualc1340

dwellingc1380

long-livinga1382

everlastingc1384

long-duringa1387

long-lasting?a1400

long-liveda1400

broadc1400

permanable?c1422

perseverant?a1425

permanentc1425

perdurable?a1439

continuedc1440

abiding1448

unremoved1455

eternalc1460

long-continued1464

continuing1526

long-enduring1527

enduring1532

immortal1538

diuturn?1541

veterated1547

resiant?1567

stayinga1568

well-wearinga1568

substantive1575

pertinacious1578

extant1581

ceaseless1590

marble1596

of length1597

longeval1598

diuturnal1599

nine-lived1600

chronic1601

unexhausted1602

chronical1604

endurable1607

continuant1610

indeflourishing1610

aged1611

indurant1611

continuatea1616

perennious1628

seculara1631

undiscontinueda1631

continuated1632

untransitory1632

long-spun1633

momently1641

stative1643

outliving1645

constant1653

long-descended1660

voluminousa1661

perduring1664

perdurant1671

livelong1673

perennial1676

longeve1678

consequential1681

unquenched1703

lifelong1746

momentary1755

inveterate1780

stabile1797

persistent1826

unpassing1831

all-time1846

year-long1846

teak-built1847

lengthful1855

long-term1867

long haul1873

sticky1879

week-to-week1879

perenduring1883

long-range1885

longish1889

long-time1902

long run1904

long-life1915

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [adjective] > long

longsomeeOE

fara1000

longOE

prolixa1500

of length1597

prolixious1599

lengthful?1611

tediousa1616

distanta1645

longinquous1670

long-drawn1726

lengthy1760

prolongated1776

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > tediously long

elengec897

longOE

longsomea1400

infinite1585

long-winded1645

mortal1758

everlasting1761

longful1777

eternal1787

eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. xxii. 210 Þonne seo ungefelde aheardung þære lifre to langsum wyrð, þonne wyrcþ hio wæterbollan.

OE Beowulf (2008) 134 Wæs þæt gewin to strang, lað ond longsum.

OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 301 þa dysegan sceolon ondrædan hyne symle, Elles ne bið his gefadung ne fæst ne langsum [a1225 Lamb. lonsum].

c1175 ( Ælfric Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 70 Ðis godspel is langsum, and hæfð longne traht.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 28471 (MED) I haue halden quen i was sett Langsum setes at my mete.

c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 1237 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 36 It ware langsum for to say the wondir þat god in þe way wrocht.

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid iv. Prol. 133 Quhat is, bot turment, all his langsum fair, Begun with feir, and endit in dispair?

1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 60 We ar offendit be his layngsum delay.

c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. iii. 184 Take na langsum uorkis in hande for distracting you from youre calling.

1626 in S. A. Gillon Sel. Justiciary Cases (1953) I. 38 To eschew all langsum disputatioun.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 401 To demonstrate this in particulars, were a long-some task.

c1704 M. Prior Henry & Emma 371 We tread with weary steps the longsome plain.

1765 Public Ledger (London) 5 Oct. 4/2 Here, as the tomes of learning, I survey, A longsome list of Heroes, Poets, Kings, Presents itself to view.

1778 C. Graham Misc. Pieces 68 And kept dum silence o the langsome day.

1842 F. Trollope Visit to Italy I. i. 4 The longsome interval between leaving Paris and arriving at Lyons.

1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. II. ii. 27 Men contrive to make their pleasures as dull, longsome, and laborious as any part of their daily task-work.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona viii. 87 The way there was a little longsome.

1928 P. MacKaye Napoleon Crossing Rockies 15 Hit's a longsome, rocky trail to the peaks of conquering.

1991 R. C. Saunders in T. Hubbard New Makars 29 Och, God, sae dowf an langsum The days gang by for me!

2010 Irish News (Nexis) 20 July 2 Pulling into Belfast a longsome two hours and 20 minutes from Derry.

2. Of a person: slow or tardy in action; procrastinating, dilatory. Formerly also: †tediously lengthy in writing, long-winded (obsolete). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > tardy or sluggish

lateeOE

latredec897

latelyOE

slowfulc1400

latesomea1425

languoring?c1425

sluggedc1430

tardy1483

tediousc1485

hooly1513

longsome1543

lingeringa1547

tarde1547

slow-worm1548

tardious?1572

lagging1597

snail-slow1600

snail-paced1601

snail-like1639

languid1646

dilatory1648

sluggish1648

languishing1693

laggard1702

lentitudinous1801

laggardly1826

lag-last1862

slowpoke1872

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective] > slow to act or dilatory

slowOE

tediousc1485

longsome1543

dilatorya1616

sliving1661

wanting1691

traa dy liooar1878

spare-

1543 in W. Fraser Bk. Carlaverock (1873) II. 24 This maid ws in ane part langsum in our travell.

a1617 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1827) 103 Sche lamented that the princes of Germany wer sa slaw and langsome in all ther deliberations.

1622 in W. Fraser Mem. Earls of Haddington (1889) II. 140 Craifing your lordships pardoune I am so langsume, I end.

1662 A. Marvell Let. 22 Mar. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 248 You may perhaps thinke us longsome in giuing you an account of your businesse.

1728 A. Ramsay Lure 55 She is not langsome In taking captives.

1823 J. Kennedy Poems & Songs 35 Ye're sae langsome in writing your friend.

1853 W. Watson Poems 81 The langsome lad might hing about, I'm thinkin' he wad weary o't.

1922 J. Inkster Mansie’s Röd 10 Ir we ta wait ony langer for a langsom trooker laek dee?

1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. 46/1 Take dee langsome legs oot o here an awa an gie dee faider a haand.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	longsome
释义	longsomeadj. Brit. /ˈlɒŋs(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈlɔŋs(ə)m/, /ˈlɑŋs(ə)m/, Scottish English /ˈlɔŋs(ə)m/, Irish English /ˈlɒːŋs(ə)m/ Forms: Old English lancsum (rare), Old English longsum, Old English longsumm- (Northumbrian, inflected form), Old English–Middle English langsum, early Middle English loncsum, early Middle English lonsum, 1500s– longsome, 1600s longsom; Scottish pre-1700 langsuime, pre-1700 layngsum, pre-1700 longsum, pre-1700 1700s– langsome, pre-1700 1800s langsume, pre-1700 1800s (1900s– Orkney) langsam, pre-1700 1800s– langsum, 1700s longsome, 1700s (1900s– Shetland) langsom, 1800s langsame; Irish English (northern) 1900s– langsome, 1900s– longsome. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch lancsame , lancsem , lansem lasting or taking a long time, (in late sources: 15th cent.) slow, procrastinating (Dutch langzaam slow, procrastinating), Old Saxon langsam enduring, long-lasting (Middle Low German lancsam , lancsum slow, lasting or taking a long time), Old High German lancsam lasting or taking a long time (Middle High German lancsam ; German langsam now only in sense ‘slow, tardy’) < the Germanic base of long adj.¹ + the Germanic base of -some suffix¹. In later use chiefly Scottish, Irish English, and English regional (northern). 1. Long, lengthy, esp. excessively or tediously so; lasting or taking a long time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring longeOE longsomeeOE long of lifeOE lastinga1225 cleaving1340 continualc1340 dwellingc1380 long-livinga1382 everlastingc1384 long-duringa1387 long-lasting?a1400 long-liveda1400 broadc1400 permanable?c1422 perseverant?a1425 permanentc1425 perdurable?a1439 continuedc1440 abiding1448 unremoved1455 eternalc1460 long-continued1464 continuing1526 long-enduring1527 enduring1532 immortal1538 diuturn?1541 veterated1547 resiant?1567 stayinga1568 well-wearinga1568 substantive1575 pertinacious1578 extant1581 ceaseless1590 marble1596 of length1597 longeval1598 diuturnal1599 nine-lived1600 chronic1601 unexhausted1602 chronical1604 endurable1607 continuant1610 indeflourishing1610 aged1611 indurant1611 continuatea1616 perennious1628 seculara1631 undiscontinueda1631 continuated1632 untransitory1632 long-spun1633 momently1641 stative1643 outliving1645 constant1653 long-descended1660 voluminousa1661 perduring1664 perdurant1671 livelong1673 perennial1676 longeve1678 consequential1681 unquenched1703 lifelong1746 momentary1755 inveterate1780 stabile1797 persistent1826 unpassing1831 all-time1846 year-long1846 teak-built1847 lengthful1855 long-term1867 long haul1873 sticky1879 week-to-week1879 perenduring1883 long-range1885 longish1889 long-time1902 long run1904 long-life1915 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [adjective] > long longsomeeOE fara1000 longOE prolixa1500 of length1597 prolixious1599 lengthful?1611 tediousa1616 distanta1645 longinquous1670 long-drawn1726 lengthy1760 prolongated1776 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > tediously long elengec897 longOE longsomea1400 infinite1585 long-winded1645 mortal1758 everlasting1761 longful1777 eternal1787 eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. xxii. 210 Þonne seo ungefelde aheardung þære lifre to langsum wyrð, þonne wyrcþ hio wæterbollan. OE Beowulf (2008) 134 Wæs þæt gewin to strang, lað ond longsum. OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 301 þa dysegan sceolon ondrædan hyne symle, Elles ne bið his gefadung ne fæst ne langsum [a1225 Lamb. lonsum]. c1175 ( Ælfric Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 70 Ðis godspel is langsum, and hæfð longne traht. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 28471 (MED) I haue halden quen i was sett Langsum setes at my mete. c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 1237 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 36 It ware langsum for to say the wondir þat god in þe way wrocht. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid iv. Prol. 133 Quhat is, bot turment, all his langsum fair, Begun with feir, and endit in dispair? 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 60 We ar offendit be his layngsum delay. c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. iii. 184 Take na langsum uorkis in hande for distracting you from youre calling. 1626 in S. A. Gillon Sel. Justiciary Cases (1953) I. 38 To eschew all langsum disputatioun. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 401 To demonstrate this in particulars, were a long-some task. c1704 M. Prior Henry & Emma 371 We tread with weary steps the longsome plain. 1765 Public Ledger (London) 5 Oct. 4/2 Here, as the tomes of learning, I survey, A longsome list of Heroes, Poets, Kings, Presents itself to view. 1778 C. Graham Misc. Pieces 68 And kept dum silence o the langsome day. 1842 F. Trollope Visit to Italy I. i. 4 The longsome interval between leaving Paris and arriving at Lyons. 1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. II. ii. 27 Men contrive to make their pleasures as dull, longsome, and laborious as any part of their daily task-work. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona viii. 87 The way there was a little longsome. 1928 P. MacKaye Napoleon Crossing Rockies 15 Hit's a longsome, rocky trail to the peaks of conquering. 1991 R. C. Saunders in T. Hubbard New Makars 29 Och, God, sae dowf an langsum The days gang by for me! 2010 Irish News (Nexis) 20 July 2 Pulling into Belfast a longsome two hours and 20 minutes from Derry. 2. Of a person: slow or tardy in action; procrastinating, dilatory. Formerly also: †tediously lengthy in writing, long-winded (obsolete). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > tardy or sluggish lateeOE latredec897 latelyOE slowfulc1400 latesomea1425 languoring?c1425 sluggedc1430 tardy1483 tediousc1485 hooly1513 longsome1543 lingeringa1547 tarde1547 slow-worm1548 tardious?1572 lagging1597 snail-slow1600 snail-paced1601 snail-like1639 languid1646 dilatory1648 sluggish1648 languishing1693 laggard1702 lentitudinous1801 laggardly1826 lag-last1862 slowpoke1872 the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective] > slow to act or dilatory slowOE tediousc1485 longsome1543 dilatorya1616 sliving1661 wanting1691 traa dy liooar1878 spare- 1543 in W. Fraser Bk. Carlaverock (1873) II. 24 This maid ws in ane part langsum in our travell. a1617 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1827) 103 Sche lamented that the princes of Germany wer sa slaw and langsome in all ther deliberations. 1622 in W. Fraser Mem. Earls of Haddington (1889) II. 140 Craifing your lordships pardoune I am so langsume, I end. 1662 A. Marvell Let. 22 Mar. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 248 You may perhaps thinke us longsome in giuing you an account of your businesse. 1728 A. Ramsay Lure 55 She is not langsome In taking captives. 1823 J. Kennedy Poems & Songs 35 Ye're sae langsome in writing your friend. 1853 W. Watson Poems 81 The langsome lad might hing about, I'm thinkin' he wad weary o't. 1922 J. Inkster Mansie’s Röd 10 Ir we ta wait ony langer for a langsom trooker laek dee? 1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. 46/1 Take dee langsome legs oot o here an awa an gie dee faider a haand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.eOE
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