Livelong
adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Orpine (Hylotelephium telephium syn. Sedum telephium).
- 2 perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Total, complete, whole.
"I've been working on the railroad, all the livelong day."
- 2 Lasting; durable. obsolete
"Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Thou hast built thyself a live-long monument."
Adjective
- 1 (of time) constituting the full extent or duration wordnet
Example
More examples"I've been working on the railroad, all the livelong day."
Etymology
From Middle English live long, leve-long, lefe long (as in Alle the lefe longe daye), equivalent to lief + long. Compare Dutch heel den lieven langen dag (“all the livelong day”), German der liebe lange Tag (“the livelong day”) and German die liebe lange Nacht (“the livelong night”).