longsome

long·some

[lawng-suhm, long-]
adjective
tiresomely long; so protracted as to weary or cause boredom.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English longsum, langsum. See long1, -some1

long·some·ly, adverb
long·some·ness, noun
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