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longevous

[lon-jee-vuhs, lawn-]

adjective Archaic.

long-lived; living to a great age.

Origin:
1670–80; < Latin longaevus aged, equivalent to long(us) long¹ + aev(um) time, age, lifetime + -us adj. suffix; see -ous

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longevity (lɒnˈdʒɛvɪtɪ)

—n
1.	long life
2.	relatively long duration of employment, service, etc

[C17: from Late Latin longaevitās, from Latin longaevus long-lived, from longuslong¹ + aevum age]

longevous

—*adj*

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