lengthful

English

Etymology

length +‎ -ful

Adjective

lengthful (comparative more lengthful, superlative most lengthful)

  1. (obsolete) long
    • 1721, Homer (translated by Alexander Pope), The Iliad of Homer:
      He said ; the driver whirls his lengthful thong; The horses fly!
    • 1793, François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon, The Adventures of Telemachus, the Son of Ulysses:
      His lengthful bristles were hard and stood upright like darts; his glaring eyes were red and fiery;
    • 1883, Canada. Parliament, Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada:
      The reading of good books cannot fail to have a beneficial effect upon the mind of the convicts; and it is also an efficient means for keeping them orderly and quiet during their lengthful hours of close seclusion.
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