Livelong

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Livelong \Live"long`\, a. [For lifelong. Cf. {Lifelong}.]
     1. Whole; entire; long in passing; -- used of time, as day or
        night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of
        tediousness.
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              The obscure bird
              Clamored the livelong night.          --Shak.
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              How could she sit the livelong day,
              Yet never ask us once to play?        --Swift.
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     2. Lasting; durable. [Obs.]
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              Thou hast built thyself a livelong monument.
                                                    --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  livelong
       adj : (of time) constituting the full extent or duration; "all the
             livelong day"
       n : perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and
           heads of small purplish-white flowers [syn: {orpine}, {orpin},
            {live-forever}, {Sedum telephium}]