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longevity
What does longevity mean?
longevity (noun): the property of being long-lived.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce longevity?
/lɔnˈdʒɛvəti/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does longevity come from?
Early 17th century, learned borrowing from Latin longaevitās, from longaevus (“ancient, aged”) + -itās.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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the property of being long-lived
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