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langsyne, adv. (n.) Sc.|ˌlæŋˈsaɪn|
[Properly two words: see long adv. and syne adv.]
Long since, long ago. Also n. esp. in auld lang syne. (Somewhat common in English use with allusion to Burns's song.)
1500–20Dunbar Poems xxiv. 34, I had bene deid langsyne, dowtless. 1570Satir. Poems Reform. xvii. 3 In eirth lang syne yair had been nothing than, Saif only vice. a1774Fergusson Poems (1807) 309 Hame-o'er langsyne you hae been blithe to pack. 1788Burns 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. 1820Scott Monast. iv, Like what I hae seen langsyne, when we dwelt at Avenel. 1841Lytton Nt. & Morn. ii. vii, A friend..of the happy lang syne. 1870H. Smart Race for Wife ii, In days lang syne. |