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everlong

everlong adjective: eternal; perpetual.

Adjective

everlong (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, poetic) Eternal; perpetual.
    • A new bright land, a sky as bright, / New beauty fairest in the birth, / For ever thus new heavens and earth, / To me an everlong delight.1894, George Cotterell, Poems: Old and New, page 25
    • Hello, I've waited here for you, / Everlong. / Tonight, I throw myself into, / And out of the red, out of her head she sang.1997, Foo Fighters, “Everlong”, in Dave Grohl (lyrics), The Colour and the Shape

Questions about everlong

What does everlong mean?
Everlong means eternal; perpetual.
What part of speech is everlong?
Everlong is an adjective.

Words near everlong in the dictionary

  1. Everleighs
  2. Everley
  3. Everleys
  4. everlive
  5. everliving
  6. everlong
  7. everloving
  8. everlovings
  9. Everly
  10. Everlys
  11. Everman

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