livelong

live·long

 (lĭv′lông′, -lŏng′)

adj.

Complete; whole: the livelong day.

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[Middle English : leve, lefe, dear, used as an intensive (from Old English lēof, dear; see leubh- in Indo-European roots) + long, long; see long¹.]

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livelong

(ˈlɪvˌlɒŋ)

adj

1. (of time) long or seemingly long, esp in a tedious way (esp in the phrase all the livelong day)

2. whole; entire

n

(Plants) Brit another name for orpine

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live•long

(ˈlɪvˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ)

adj.

whole or entire: to fret the livelong day.

[1350–1400; Middle English leve longe dear long]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	livelong - perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers live-forever, orpin, orpine, Sedum telephium genus Sedum - large genus of rock plants having thick fleshy leaves sedum - any of various plants of the genus Sedum
Adj.	1.	livelong - (of time) constituting the full extent or duration; "all the livelong day" whole - including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread"

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Translations

livelong

[ˈlɪvlɒŋ] ADJ all the livelong day → todo el santo día

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livelong

adj all the livelong day → den lieben langen Tag, den ganzen Tag über; all the livelong night → die ganze Nacht durch

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livelong

[ˈlɪvˌlɒŋ] adj (liter) all the livelong day → tutto il santo giorno

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