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oblong (adj.)
early 15c., from Latin
oblongus
"more long than broad," originally "somewhat long," from
ob
"to, toward," here perhaps intensive (see
ob-
) +
longus
"long" (see
long
(adj.)). As a noun from c. 1600.
