lengthinesses

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

length·i·ly, adverb
length·i·ness, noun
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lengthy (ˈlɛŋkθɪ, ˈlɛŋθɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj , lengthier, lengthiest
of relatively great or tiresome extent or duration
 
'lengthily
 
adv
 
'lengthiness
 
n

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Lengthinesses is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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lengthy
1759, Amer.Eng., from length + -y (2). Until c.1840 always characterized in British English as an Americanism.
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