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agelong

American  
[eyj-lawng, -long] / ˈeɪdʒˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ /

adjective

  1. lasting for an age.


Etymology

Origin of agelong

First recorded in 1800–10; age + long 1

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Today the progress of science . . . has torn to pieces our agelong habits.

From Time Magazine Archive

Never in the agelong history of tuberculosis had there been such excitement about a new treatment for the white scourge.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chief Israeli Delegate Eliahu Ben-Elissar told his Egyptian hosts: "We come to renew an agelong relationship."

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus Italians owe to the House of Savoy no such agelong allegiance as Hungarians feel toward the Habsburgs, or Japanese toward their 124th lineally descended Emperor.

From Time Magazine Archive

To Merry the ascent seemed agelong, a meaningless journey in a hateful dream, going on and on to some dim ending that memory cannot seize.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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