long-lived, a.
(-laɪvd)
Also 7 -lif't.
[f. long a. + live, life n. + -ed2. Often pronounced (lɒŋlɪvd), as if etymologically parallel to smooth-spoken, etc.]
Having a long life or existence; living or lasting a long time; longeval.
| a 1420 Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 570 Fader and moder honoure, That thow maist be longe lyved. c 1425 Cursor M. 1268 (Trin.) Longe lyued am I in elde. 1553 Eden Treat. Newe Ind. (Arb.) 22 They are long lyued and lyue euen vntyl an hundreth yeares of age. 1607 T. Walkington Opt. Glasse 41 Little eyes denotate a large cheverill conscience..spacious breasted, long-lif't. 1609 Bible (Douay) Exod. xx. 12 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest be long-lived upon the earth. 1633 Earl of Manchester Al Mondo (1636) 176 Seldom is excellencie in any kinde long lived. 1653 Walton Angler vii. 142 Bacon observes the Pike to be the longest lived of any fresh water fish. 1707 Curios. in Husb. & Gard. 171 The Sea..produces Animals..more sound, and longer-liv'd, than any of the other Elements. 1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) III. 230 The lion..is a very long-lived animal. 1883 Jefferies Story Heart i. (1891) 13 The long-lived summer days dried and warmed the turf in the meadows. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 374 Chronic uncured melancholics..are often long-lived. |
Hence longˈlivedness, longevity.
| 1872 Echo 27 Sept., The long-livedness of the Mastai family. 1882 R. Adamson in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 789/2 If..there can be discovered a reciprocating relation between the want of gall in animals and longlivedness. |