Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lengthsome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: length-some
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of significant length; long; lengthy.

Example Sentences

"[…] and of course I planned a number of schemes for making it, when the time should come, duly effective and elegant. I pined to learn something of her during the lengthsome days of absence."

Etymology

From length + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: length

Inflected Forms

more lengthsome (comparative) most lengthsome (superlative)

Questions

What does lengthsome mean?: Of significant length; long; lengthy.
Where does lengthsome come from?: From length + -some.

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