hourlong

hourlong

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English hour
English -long
English hourlong

    From hour + -long.

    Adjective

    hourlong (not comparable)

    1. Which lasts an hour, or approximately so.
      • 2009 January 22, Ben Ratliff, “Chords of Fame? These Bands Never Heard of Them”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        The band’s hourlong set inspired arcs of flying bodies; before it was another excellent performance by a sludgy and curious punk band with another unpublishable name, this one from Allentown, Pa.
    2. Of or relating to an hourlong period of time.

    Usage notes

    • The prefix increases the amount of time to the total number of hours, e.g., two-hourlong.

    Anagrams

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