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lengthful en · ADJ

Etymology

From length + -ful.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) long
   • 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. 1883, Canada. Parliament, Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada:
   • His lengthful bristles were hard and stood upright like darts; his glaring eyes were red and fiery; 1793, François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon, The Adventures of Telemachus, the Son of Ulysses:
   • He said ; the driver whirls his lengthful thong; The horses fly! 1721, Homer (translated by Alexander Pope), The Iliad of Homer:

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