nightlong

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

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

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adjective

lasting all night: a nightlong snowfall.

adverb

through the entire night: Volunteer sandbag crews worked nightlong to stem the floodwaters.

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Origin of nightlong

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English nihtlang (adverb) “for the space of a night”; see night, long¹

Words nearby nightlong

night latch, night letter, nightlife, night-light, night lizard, nightlong, nightly, nightmare, nightmarish, night monkey, night-night

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How to use nightlong in a sentence

What astonishment that such beauty urges me into bed for a nightlong sweaty roll in tangled sheets.
Our Doomed Love Affair with Summer|P. J. O’Rourke|August 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Where yonder, yonder by the stars,Nightlong there rins a burn, And maids with lovers at the warsMay list their wraiths' return.
The Vigil of Venus and Other Poems by "Q"|Q
Then, almost imperceptibly, the frogs begin their nightlong din.
The Sea and the Jungle|H. M. Tomlinson
Nightlong did Wur watch over her, and the maid dreamed in sorrow, to wake weeping.
The Stars in the Pool|Edna Kingsley Wallace

Nightlong had she Roseheart is Troubledseen the vision of Flame, in whose eyes like the sea lay her white body floating.
The Stars in the Pool|Edna Kingsley Wallace

British Dictionary definitions for nightlong

nightlong

/ (ˈnaɪtˌlɒŋ) /

adjective, adverb

throughout the night

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