Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LON-GEVI-TY
LON-GEVI-TY, n. [L. longævitas; longus, long, and ævum, age.]
Length or duration of life; more generally, great length of life. The instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious. – Arbuthnot.
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