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livelong

[ liv-lawng, -long ]
/ ˈlɪvˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ /
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adjective

(of time) whole or entire, especially when tediously long, slow in passing, etc.: We picked apples the livelong day.

RELATED WORDS

deep-rooted, constant, continuing, persistent, long-lasting, permanent, enduring, inveterate, lifetime, long-standing, old, perennial, long-lived

Nearby words

livedo, livedo reticularis, livedoid, livedoid dermatitis, livelihood, livelong, lively, liven, livenza, liver, liver acinus

Origin of livelong

1350–1400; alteration (by association with live1) of earlier leeve long, Middle English leve longe dear long. See lief, long1

Can be confused

lifelong livelong
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livelong

/ (ˈlɪvˌlɒŋ) /

adjective mainly poetic

(of time) long or seemingly long, esp in a tedious way (esp in the phrase all the livelong day)
whole; entire

noun

British another name for orpine
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