forlong
verbEtymology From Middle English forlangen, equivalent to for- + long. Cognate with Middle High German verlangen.
1
To fill with longing.
- Now certain shadows followed me. Forlonged memories move round From visions inside my head I see [...]2005, Swede Hastings, Creeping Shadows:
- And then after, forlonged, forlonging, longing without end. I looked at his hands, his fingers long, elegant, the hands of a conductor.2009, Carol Gilligan, Kyra:
- Derived terms
- forlonging