nightlong

[ adjective nahyt-lawng, -long; adverb nahyt-lawng, -long ]

/ adjective ˈnaɪtˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ; adverb ˈnaɪtˈlɔŋ, -ˈlɒŋ /

adjective

lasting all night: a nightlong snowfall.

adverb

through the entire night: They typed nightlong to finish the reports.

Nearby words

Origin of nightlong

before 1000; Middle English; Old English nihtlang (adv.) for the space of a night. See night, long¹

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Examples from the Web for nightlong

What astonishment that such beauty urges me into bed for a nightlong sweaty roll in tangled sheets.
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Then, almost imperceptibly, the frogs begin their nightlong din.
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Nightlong did Wur watch over her, and the maid dreamed in sorrow, to wake weeping.
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British Dictionary definitions for nightlong

nightlong

/ (ˈnaɪtˌlɒŋ) /

adjective, adverb

throughout the night

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Word Origin and History for nightlong

nightlong

adj.

Old English nihtlang; see night + -long.