Lexicon: lonesome – look

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lonesome, adj. [see lone, adj.]

Having feelings of solitude; secluded from society.

lonesome, n. [see lone, adj.]

Solitude; seclusion.

long (-est), adj. [OE lang; NW says the Gothic word laggs seems to connect this word with lag, in the sense of drawing out, whence delaying.]

  1. Extended with reference to spacial measurement; opposed to short.
  2. Extended to any certain measure expressed.
  3. Extended too long; tedious.
  4. Having a great extent in duration.

long (-er), adv. [see long, adj.]

  1. Much; well; a lot.
  2. Great amount of time.
  3. Phrase: “So long”: good bye, farewell.

long (-ed), v. [OE langian, see long; adj.]

Wish earnestly; desire intensely; want eagerly.

long-cheated, verbal adj. [see long, adv., see cheat, v.]

Deprived of seeing someone.

longing, n. [see long, v.]

Yearning; heart's desire; eager wishing for something.

longingly, adv. [see longing, n.]

Yearningly; with nostalgia.

longitude, n. [L. longitudo, long.]

Length; [fig.] long servitude; lengthy separation caused by death.

look, n. [see look, v.]

  1. Glance; glimpse; view; act of seeing.
  2. Face; appearance; aspect; countenance.