longer

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a person with a strong desire for something
  2. adjective primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
  3. adjective primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified

Etymology

From Middle English longer, longere, normalisation of Middle English lenger, lengere (“longer”), from Old English lengra (“longer”), from Proto-Germanic *langizô (“longer”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), equivalent to long + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian laanger (“longer”), West Frisian langer (“longer”), Dutch langer (“longer”), German länger (“longer”), Danish længere (“longer”), Swedish längre (“longer”), Icelandic lengri (“longer”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

thirster, yearner

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