Meanings
adverberelong (not comparable)
- archaicnot comparablebefore long, soon.
At his music, a strong breeze sprang up and the boat surged forth into waves cold and green that threw salt spray onto the lips. Swift as elf craft were those of Mananaan, and erelong the grey land was not to be told from grey clouds on the world’s rim.
1973, Poul Anderson, The Broken Sword, London: Orbit, published 1992, page 154
Origin
Translations
Finnish ennen pitkää
- ennen pitkääbefore long
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with erelong
longalongsongstrongwrongkonghongbelongthongwongdonggongjongcongtongprongmahjongprolongoblongHmongqigongthrongsarongPerpignan
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APA
erelong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erelong
MLA
“erelong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erelong. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “erelong,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erelong.
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