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livelong

li·ve·long

UK/ˈlɪv.lɒŋ/ uncommon obsolete
noun (1) adjective (1)

noun

1.

perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers

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adjective

1.

(of time) constituting the full extent or duration

  • “all the livelong day”
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Origin

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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