7 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
adjective being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
adjective of long duration
adjective habitual
originFrom chronical, from Old French cronike, from Latin chronicus, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). By surface analysis, chron- + -ic.
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