long-livingadj.n.
/ˌlɒŋˈlɪvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌlɔŋˈlɪvɪŋ/, /ˌlɑŋˈlɪvɪŋ/ That lives or exists for a long time.In quot. a1382 as n.: a person who has lived for a long time, an elder.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring
longeOE
longsomeeOE
long of lifeOE
lastinga1225
cleaving1340
continualc1340
dwellingc1380
long-livinga1382
everlastingc1384
long-duringa1387
long-lasting?a1400
long-liveda1400
broadc1400
permanable?c1422
perseverant?a1425
permanentc1425
perdurable?a1439
continuedc1440
abiding1448
unremoved1455
eternalc1460
long-continued1464
continuing1526
long-enduring1527
enduring1532
immortal1538
diuturn?1541
veterated1547
resiant?1567
stayinga1568
well-wearinga1568
substantive1575
pertinacious1578
extant1581
ceaseless1590
marble1596
of length1597
longeval1598
diuturnal1599
nine-lived1600
chronic1601
unexhausted1602
chronical1604
endurable1607
continuant1610
indeflourishing1610
aged1611
indurant1611
continuatea1616
perennious1628
seculara1631
undiscontinueda1631
continuated1632
untransitory1632
long-spun1633
momently1641
stative1643
outliving1645
constant1653
long-descended1660
voluminousa1661
perduring1664
perdurant1671
livelong1673
perennial1676
longeve1678
consequential1681
unquenched1703
lifelong1746
momentary1755
inveterate1780
stabile1797
persistent1826
unpassing1831
all-time1846
year-long1846
teak-built1847
lengthful1855
long-term1867
long haul1873
sticky1879
week-to-week1879
perenduring1883
long-range1885
longish1889
long-time1902
long run1904
long-life1915
the world > life > source or principle of life > age > longevity > [adjective]
long-livinga1382
long-liveda1400
longeval1598
treble-dated1601
longevous1652
vivacious1655
longeve1678
macrobian1694
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. ix. 15 The longe lyuende [L. longevus] and the wrshepefull.
c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) xv. l. 169 Ac longe-lybbynge men lyknede mennes lyuynge To bryddes and to bestes, as here bokes telleþ.
c1500 Sc. Poem Heraldry (Harl. 6149) 15 in F. J. Furnivall Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) i. 94 The langest leving men.
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. E3v Thou backst reproch against long-liuing lawd. View more context for this quotation
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 157 The admired Wisdome of the long-living Fathers of the elder world.
a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 8 Another..That..in the Register of Fame Had enter'd his long-living Name.
1755 E. Young Centaur iii. 162 In the long-living annals of Infamy their triumphs are recorded.
1838 J. H. Hewitt Misc. Poems 116 Pluck'd from the brink of the grave A long living flower of glory.
1899 Daily News 24 May Her Majesty comes..of a long-living stock.
1945 Cambr. Law Jrnl. 9 142 It is one of the most important Acts of this long living Parliament.
2011 West Australian (Perth) (Nexis) 4 Feb. 35 The English oak is a magnificent deciduous tree and is a long-living species, often spanning centuries.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.n.a1382