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longeval

/lɒnˈd͡ʒiːvəl/

longeval adjective: long-lived.

Adjective

longeval (comparative more longeval, superlative most longeval)

  1. (archaic, rare) Long-lived
    • If under their present low circumstances of birth and breeding, and in so short a term of life as is now allotted to them, they so far exceed all beasts, and equal many men; what prodigies may we not conceive of those, who were nati melioribus annis, those primitive, longeval, and antediluvian...a. 1719 (date written), Martinus Scriblerus [pseudonym; Alexander Pope; Thomas Parnell], “An Essay of the Learned Martinus Scriblerus, Concerning the Origin of Sciences”, in Thomas Sheridan, John...
    Synonyms:
    longevous

Synonyms of longeval

Forms of longeval

comparativemore longeval
superlativemost longeval
alternative formlongaeval

Words that rhyme with longeval

Questions about longeval

What does longeval mean?
Longeval means long-lived.
What part of speech is longeval?
Longeval is an adjective.
How do you pronounce longeval?
Longeval is pronounced /lɒnˈd͡ʒiːvəl/.

Words near longeval in the dictionary

  1. longest-standing
  2. longest-suffering
  3. longest-term
  4. longests
  5. longeth
  6. longeval
  7. longeve
  8. longevious
  9. longevism
  10. longevities
  11. longevitous

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