long-ago

1. 1.

   belonging to time long gone

   “those long-ago dresses that swished along the floor”

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Questions about long-ago

What does long-ago mean?

long-ago means "belonging to time long gone".

How many syllables are in long-ago?

long-ago has 3 syllables and divides as lon-g-a-go under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is long-ago a common word?

long-ago is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.