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lengthy
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English length
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English lengthy
From length + -y.
adjective lengthier · lengthiest
- Having length; long and overextended, especially in time rather than dimension. a lengthy text
- Speaking or writing at length; long-winded. If, in addition to being a lengthy preacher, he had also been a Rev. Mr. Mumbles or a Rev. Dr. Drone, the penance thus endured by his people would have been intolerably severe.
