"longness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɒŋ.nəs/ [UK] Forms: longnesses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ.nəs Etymology: From Middle English langnesse, from Old English langness (“longness, length”), equivalent to long + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|langnesse}} Middle English langnesse, {{inh|en|ang|langness||longness, length}} Old English langness (“longness, length”), {{suffix|en|long|ness}} long + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} longness (countable and uncountable, plural longnesses)
  1. (rare) length, lengthiness Tags: countable, rare, uncountable Synonyms: protractedness, lastingness Synonyms (of time): abidingness

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