nightlong

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

adjective

lasting all night: a nightlong snowfall.

adverb

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

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

Contemporary Examples of nightlong

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

Historical Examples of nightlong

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

throughout the night

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Word Origin and History for nightlong

adj.

Old English nihtlang; see night + -long.