long-lasting, a.
[See long adv. 9.]
That lasts a long time.
| 1530 Palsgr. 317/2 Longe lastyng, perdurable. 1587 Golding De Mornay xxx. (1617) 483 That when he had giuen his life in sacrifice for sin, he might see a longlasting seede. 1669 Worlidge Syst. Agric. (1681) 282 Gather not long-lasting Fruit till after Michaelmas. 1677 Gilpin Demonol. (1867) 217 When their sorrows are long-lasting and deep. 1886 C. Scott Sheep-farming 182 Long-lasting storms of frost and snow. |
Hence long-lastingness. rare—1.
| 1598 Florio, Longinquita,..a length of time, long lastingnes. |