Longeval
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /lɒnˈd͡ʒiːvəl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Longeval is an adjective meaning (rare, archaic) Long-lived.
Meaning
(rare, archaic) Long-lived.
Example Sentences
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 man-tigers, who first taught science to the world?
Word Forms
- longaeval
Synonyms for longeval
Depending on context, synonyms include longevous.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include long-lived, eval, elderly, everliving, secular, agelong.
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