langsyne

Examples

• All

• She often reminisced about the friends she knew in langsyne.

• The castle has stood on the hill since langsyne.

• Many old traditions have been forgotten since langsyne.

• Those traditions have faded since langsyne.

• Many old traditions have been forgotten since langsyne.

• She often reminisced about the friends she knew in langsyne.

• In langsyne, people gathered more often for community events.

Synonyms

L

long ago

vslangsyne

521 1.0

A long time in the past

is specifically Scottish in tone rather than neutral standard English

L

long since

vslangsyne

87 4.6

Saying that something happened many years ago and is not true now

is a general Scottish term for distant past without focus on present effects

L

long long ago

vslangsyne

• Literature

1 3.5

A time very far in the past often used to begin a story

is about distant past in ordinary Scottish speech not exaggerated tale time

L

lang syne

vslangsyne

• Archaic

1 9.9

Long ago in the old days

is the same meaning but written as one word in modern form

A

agone

vslangsyne

• Archaic

9.9

Happening long ago

is the modern Scottish form used in living speech rather than archaic usage

Antonyms

R

recently

∞ 1.0

A short time before now

N

now

4 1.0

The present moment when something is happening

Compounds

A

auld langsyne

• Literature

9.9

Old times that people remember with a warm feeling, often at New Year

How Distant

long ago

521 1.0

langsyne

• Archaic

9.9

formerly

161 1.9

recently

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology