lengthful

comparative more lengthful · superlative most lengthful

1. obsoletelong

   He said ; the driver whirls his lengthful thong; The horses fly!

   1721, Homer (translated by Alexander Pope), The Iliad of Homer

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   His lengthful bristles were hard and stood upright like darts; his glaring eyes were red and fiery;

   1793, François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon, The Adventures of Telemachus, the Son of Ulysses

   The reading of good books cannot fail to have a beneficial effect upon the mind of the convicts; and it is also an efficient means for keeping them orderly and quiet during their lengthful hours of close seclusion.

   1883, Canada. Parliament, Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada