naguère

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French

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Etymology

From the French expression (il) n’(y) a guère (de temps) ("not long ago"), composed of il y a (“ago”) + ne... guère (“hardly”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

naguère

  1. (obsolete) recently, not long ago
  2. (literary) long ago, formerly
    Synonyms: autrefois, jadis, (archaic, Normandy) orains

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