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longævity

longævity is the archaic spelling of longevity.

Meaning of longevity

Noun

longevity (countable and uncountable, plural longevities)

  1. The quality of being long-lasting, especially of life.
    • Grandpa had incredible longevity: he lived to be 105 years old!
  2. Duration over time; persistence.
    • A ‘postdating’ is an example of the use of a lexical item at a later date than currently recorded and these are important in establishing the longevity of use of a term and whether or not it has become obsolete.2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 255

Questions about longævity

What is longævity the archaic spelling of?
Longævity is the archaic spelling of longevity.

Words near longævity in the dictionary

  1. longyi
  2. longyis
  3. Longzhou
  4. Longzihu
  5. longæ
  6. longævity
  7. lonicera
  8. loniceras
  9. lonicerin
  10. loniceroside
  11. lonicerosides

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