"livelong" meaning in English

See livelong in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|live long}} Middle English live long, {{compound|en|lief|long}} lief + long, {{cog|nl|heel den lieven langen dag|t=all the livelong day}} Dutch heel den lieven langen dag (“all the livelong day”), {{cog|de|der liebe lange Tag||the livelong day}} German der liebe lange Tag (“the livelong day”), {{cog|de|die liebe lange Nacht||the livelong night}} German die liebe lange Nacht (“the livelong night”) Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} livelong
  1. total, complete, whole Translations (total, complete, whole): це́лый (célyj) (Russian), весь (vesʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-livelong-en-adj-8HLOb9Ns Disambiguation of 'total, complete, whole': 99 1
  2. (obsolete) lasting; durable. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-livelong-en-adj-9exnWs78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: live-long Related terms: lifelong

Noun

Forms: livelongs [plural]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|live long}} Middle English live long, {{compound|en|lief|long}} lief + long, {{cog|nl|heel den lieven langen dag|t=all the livelong day}} Dutch heel den lieven langen dag (“all the livelong day”), {{cog|de|der liebe lange Tag||the livelong day}} German der liebe lange Tag (“the livelong day”), {{cog|de|die liebe lange Nacht||the livelong night}} German die liebe lange Nacht (“the livelong night”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} livelong (plural livelongs)
  1. Orpine (Sedum telephium) Categories (lifeform): Stonecrop family plants, Succulents Translations (the orpine, Sedum telephium): hemelsleutel (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-livelong-en-noun-TzOjKvTY Disambiguation of Stonecrop family plants: 1 1 97 Disambiguation of Succulents: 2 3 95 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 93 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 4 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 4 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 3 4 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 3 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: live-long

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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