Livelong

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Orpine (Hylotelephium telephium syn. Sedum telephium).
  2. 2
    perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Total, complete, whole.

    "I've been working on the railroad, all the livelong day."

  2. 2
    Lasting; durable. obsolete

    "Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Thou hast built thyself a live-long monument."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of time) constituting the full extent or duration wordnet

Synonyms

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lifetimelive-foreverorpinorpineorpinesedum telephium

Example

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"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”).

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