long-breathed, a.
(-brɛθt)
[See breathed II.]
Long of breath. lit. and fig.
| 1568 Grafton Chron. I. 132 His knightes were leane, pale, and long brethed, so that they might endure to fight long. a 1628 F. Grevil Sidney iv. (1652) 49 To negotiate with that long-breathed Nation [the Germans] proves commonly a work in steel, where many stroaks hardly leave any print. 1694 F. Bragge Disc. Parables xiii. 433 Whole armies of words, and legions of long-breath'd petitions. 1816, 1884 [see breathed ppl. a. 6]. 1878 O. W. Holmes Motley i. 8 The long-breathed tenacity of purpose, which in after years gave effect to his brilliant mental endowments. |