lengthiness
(ˈlɛŋθɪnɪs)
[f. lengthy a. + -ness.]
The quality of being lengthy; prolixity.
| [1812 I. Pollexfen in Examiner 28 Dec. 828/2 (In pseudo-archaic spelling) If the pledyng bee of ordynarie longthynesse.] 1829 Bentham Justice & Cod. Petit., Abr. Petit. Justice 31 In lengthiness of delay..vying with..the equity courts. 1863 Lytton Caxtoniana I. ix. 144 Oratory, like the Drama, abhors lengthiness. 1871 Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue §658 If we want to see lengthiness of language carried out to an extreme and exaggerated development. 1875 W. Maskell Ivories v. 44 Characterised by sharpness and meagreness of form, and lengthiness of proportion. |