Pronounced: dih-SIL-ee-uhnt, adj
Notes: A word that is new to me
Yesterday’s word
The word longlist means “a preliminary list of candidates, such as people, places, things, etc for a prize, job, etc from which a shortlist is compiled.
First usage
This word came into usage in the 1970s
Background / Comments
This word grew out of the word shortlist (which came about in the 1920s).
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