Longer
adj, adv, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One who longs or yearns for something.
"The slayer also lay, The terrible earth-drake deprived of life, Oppressed by bale: the ring-hoard longer The twisted worm, might not control."
- 2 a person with a strong desire for something wordnet
- 1 comparative form of long: more long comparative, form-of
- 1 comparative form of long: more long comparative, form-of
- 1 for more time wordnet
Example
More examples"You had better take into consideration that you are no longer young."
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”).
From long (“yearn”) + -er.