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lengthiness

 [lengk-thee, leng-, len-]   Origin

length·y

   [lengk-thee, leng-, len-]
adjective, length·i·er, length·i·est.
1.
having or being of great length; very long: a lengthy journey.
2.
tediously verbose; very long; too long: a lengthy speech.
Origin:
1680–90, Americanism; length + -y1

Related forms
length·i·ly, adverb
length·i·ness, noun
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lengthy (ˈlɛŋkθɪ, ˈlɛŋθɪ)
 
—adj , lengthier, lengthiest
of relatively great or tiresome extent or duration
 
'lengthily
 
—adv
 
'lengthiness
 
—n

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lengthy
1759, Amer.Eng., from length + -y (2). Until c.1840 always characterized in British English as an Americanism.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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