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nightlong

[adjective nahyt-lawng, -long; adverb nahyt-lawng, -long]
adjective
  1. lasting all night: a nightlong snowfall.
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adverb
  1. through the entire night: They typed nightlong to finish the reports.
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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

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  • 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

adjective, adverb
  1. throughout the night
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Word Origin and History for nightlong

adj.

Old English nihtlang; see night + -long.

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