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Definition of Lenger
1. a. Longer; longest; -- obsolete compar. and superl. of long.
Definition of Lenger
1. longer [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lenger
Literary usage of Lenger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Observations on the Language of Chaucer's Troilus by George Lyman Kittredge (1891)
"(b) lenger (AS lengra), 3541 (langer B, more CD), 4703 (lenge[r] A), 7025 (-ere
C, longer B), 7214 D (more A, longe EC)4 ; lengere, 1377 (-er D, longer B), ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1862)
"And down he goth, no lenger would he let, And with .that word his counter door
he shet.—Chaucer. The Duke of Parma is ill and will not let to send daily to ..."
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