LIVELONG

livelong

(adjective) (of time) constituting the full extent or duration; “all the livelong day”

orpine, orpin, livelong, live-forever, Sedum telephium

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

livelong

total, complete, whole

(obsolete) lasting; durable.

Noun

livelong (plural livelongs)

the orpine, Sedum telephium

Anagrams

• long live, loveling

Source: Wiktionary


Live"long`, a. Etym: [For lifelong. Cf. Lifelong.]

1. Whole; entire; long in passing; -- used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness. The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night. Shak. How could she sit the livelong day, Yet never ask us once to play Swift.

2. Lasting; durable. [Obs.] Thou hast built thyself a livelong monument. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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