† longstadv.prep.

Forms: 1500s (Scottish) langest, 1500s longest, 1800s 'longst, 1500s–1600s 1900s longst.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: alongst adv.; alongst prep.

Etymology: As adverb aphetic < alongst adv. Compare German †längst lengthwise (mid 17th cent.). As preposition aphetic < alongst prep. Compare earlier longs adv., along adv., and (with the use as preposition) earlier along prep., 'long prep. longs prep.

Frequently poetic. Obsolete.

A. adv.

= along adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in longitudinal direction

alongc1300

endlongc1300

afterlong?a1425

endlonges1473

alength?1523

longways1525

longwise1548

alongst1562

longstways1566

longstwise1566

lengthwisec1580

longst1581

lengthways1599

longitudinally1695

plankwise1815

axially1855

1581 W. Borough Discours Variation Cumpas ii. sig. B.ij That the shadowe of the same may fall directly longst vpon the line of South and North in the fixed Flye.

1585 S. Burrogh Jrnl. in Earl of Leicester Corr. (1844) 464 With these 4 vessells my lord and the rest passed from Flushinge..longest by 2 fly-boates of warr,..into Midlebroughe havon.

B. prep.

= along prep.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > specific directions > [preposition] > along longitudinal dimension of

aftereOE

alongeOE

alongstOE

afterlongc1390

longs1488

longways1561

longst1591

1591 R. Greene Farewell to Folly sig. D4^v Hir stature and hir shape was passing tall, Diana like, when longst the lawnes she goes.

a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 165 They sould..gang langest the cost to Sanctandrois and syne to Couper.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 5 But longst the shoare with sailes of Faith must coast.

1616 W. Drummond Poems (rev. ed.) sig. P1 When Venus longst that Plaine This Parian Adon saw.

1672 tr. J. Grybius Lyon Disturbed 51 Fearing that the Emperialists would march longst the Bergstraat through the Palts.

1838 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 267/1 The Grecians..Sat upon each glorious prow 'Longst the Hellespontine strand.

1913 Overland Monthly Oct. 344/2 We continue on out the road longst their place and off to the sea and the Lighthouse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	longst
释义	† longstadv.prep. Forms: 1500s (Scottish) langest, 1500s longest, 1800s 'longst, 1500s–1600s 1900s longst. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: alongst adv.; alongst prep. Etymology: As adverb aphetic < alongst adv. Compare German †längst lengthwise (mid 17th cent.). As preposition aphetic < alongst prep. Compare earlier longs adv., along adv., and (with the use as preposition) earlier along prep., 'long prep. longs prep. Frequently poetic. Obsolete. A. adv. = along adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in longitudinal direction alongc1300 endlongc1300 afterlong?a1425 endlonges1473 alength?1523 longways1525 longwise1548 alongst1562 longstways1566 longstwise1566 lengthwisec1580 longst1581 lengthways1599 longitudinally1695 plankwise1815 axially1855 1581 W. Borough Discours Variation Cumpas ii. sig. B.ij That the shadowe of the same may fall directly longst vpon the line of South and North in the fixed Flye. 1585 S. Burrogh Jrnl. in Earl of Leicester Corr. (1844) 464 With these 4 vessells my lord and the rest passed from Flushinge..longest by 2 fly-boates of warr,..into Midlebroughe havon. B. prep. = along prep. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [preposition] > along longitudinal dimension of aftereOE alongeOE alongstOE afterlongc1390 longs1488 longways1561 longst1591 1591 R. Greene Farewell to Folly sig. D4^v Hir stature and hir shape was passing tall, Diana like, when longst the lawnes she goes. a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 165 They sould..gang langest the cost to Sanctandrois and syne to Couper. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 5 But longst the shoare with sailes of Faith must coast. 1616 W. Drummond Poems (rev. ed.) sig. P1 When Venus longst that Plaine This Parian Adon saw. 1672 tr. J. Grybius Lyon Disturbed 51 Fearing that the Emperialists would march longst the Bergstraat through the Palts. 1838 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 267/1 The Grecians..Sat upon each glorious prow 'Longst the Hellespontine strand. 1913 Overland Monthly Oct. 344/2 We continue on out the road longst their place and off to the sea and the Lighthouse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adv.prep.1581
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