overlong

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overlong

adjective over-long

Too long; overly long. O, hold me not with silence over-long!

adverb more overlong · most overlong · over-long

Too long, for an excessively long time. […] she casteth the rest into the fire, and there withall sodainely flings herselfe into it: Which is no sooner done, but the people cast great store of Faggots and Billets vpon hir, lest she should languish over-long […]

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@misc{overlong_2026,
  title = {overlong},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overlong},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}