Nightlong
adj, adv
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Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Lasting a night (i.e. the duration of one night); lasting all night. not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 lasting, open, or operating through the whole night wordnet
Adverb
- 1 Through the night. not-comparable
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English *nihtlong, from Old English nihtlang (“lasting through the night, night-long, a night in length”), equivalent to night + -long.
Etymology 2
From Middle English nihtlonge, nihtlonges, from Old English nihtlanges (“for the night”), equivalent to night + -long.
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