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Added 9 October 2026

livelong

/ˈlɪv.lɒŋ/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about livelong at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers.

adjective

(of time) constituting the full extent or duration.
all the livelong day

Origin

From Middle English live long, leve-long, lefe long (as in Alle the lefe longe daye), equivalent to lief + long. Compare Dutch heel den lieven langen dag (“all the livelong day”), German der liebe lange Tag (“the livelong day”) and German die liebe lange Nacht (“the livelong night”).

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