langsyne - word of the day

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langsyne, adv. (n.) 

Properly two words: see LONG adv. and SYNE adv. Long since, long ago. Also. esp. in auld lang syne. (Somewhat common in English use with allusion to Burns's song.)

1500-20 DUNBAR Poems xxiv. 34, I had bene deid langsyne, dowtless. 1570 Satir. Poems Reform. xvii. 3 In eirth lang syne yair had been nothing than, Saif only vice. a1774 FERGUSSON Poems (1807) 309 Hame-o'er langsyne you hae been blithe to pack. 1788 BURNS Auld Lang Syne, For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne. 1820 SCOTT Monast. iv, Like what I hae seen langsyne, when we dwelt at Avenel. 1841 LYTTON Nt. & Morn. II. vii, A friend.of the happy lang syne. 1870 H. SMART Race for Wife ii, In days lang syne.