Hypertext Webster Gateway: "longest"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Long \Long\, a. [Compar. {Longer}; superl. {Longest}.] [AS.
long, lang; akin to OS, OFries., D., & G. lang, Icel. langr,
Sw. l[*a]ng, Dan. lang, Goth. laggs, L. longus. [root]125.
Cf. {Length}, {Ling} a fish, {Linger}, {Lunge}, {Purloin}.]
1. Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length;
protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to
short, and distinguished from broad or wide.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
longest
adj : having the greater length of two or the greatest length of
several; "the longer (or long) edge of the door"; "the
hypotenuse is the longest (or long) side of a right
triangle" [syn: {longer}]
adv : for the most time; "she stayed longest"
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