life-long
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.55 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative form of lifelong.
Example Sentences
- "One theme of the conference was Organising the Railway as a Business, and Fred Margetts, the chief regional manager of the North Eastern Region and a life-long railwayman, was given the task of taking the lead."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Germanic *lībanąder. Proto-Germanic *lībą Proto-West Germanic *līb Old English līf Middle English lyf English life English -long English life-long From life + -long.