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Webster 1913 Edition
Livelong
1.
Whole; entire; long in passing; – used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness.
The obscure bird
Clamored the
Clamored the
livelong
night. Shakespeare
How could she sit the
Yet never ask us once to play?
livelong
day,Yet never ask us once to play?
Swift.
2.
Lasting; durable.
[Obs.]
Thou hast built thyself a
livelong
monument. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Livelong
LIVELONG
,Adj.
1.
Long in passing. How could she sit the livelong day, yet never ask us once to play?
2.
Lasting; durable; as a livelong monument. [Not used.]3.
A plant of the genus Sedum.Definition 2024
livelong
livelong
English
Alternative forms
- live-long
Adjective
livelong
- total, complete, whole
- I've been workin' on the railroad, all the livelong day.
- 1891, I'm Nobody! Who are you?, by Emily Dickinson
- How dreary to be somebody!
- How public, like a frog
- To tell your name the livelong day
- To an admiring bog!
Translations
Noun
livelong (plural livelongs)
- the orpine, Sedum telephium
Translations
the orpine, Sedum telephium