English Explanatory Dictionary

livelong

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Total, complete, whole.
  2. Lasting; durable.
noun
  1. Orpine (Hylotelephium telephium syn. Sedum telephium).

Word forms

livelong live-long livelongs

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”).

Related words

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