"nightlong" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English *nihtlong, from Old English nihtlang (“lasting through the night, night-long, a night in length”), equivalent to night + -long. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*nihtlong}} Middle English *nihtlong, {{inh|en|ang|nihtlang||lasting through the night, night-long, a night in length}} Old English nihtlang (“lasting through the night, night-long, a night in length”), {{suf|en|night|long}} night + -long Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} nightlong (not comparable)
  1. Lasting a night (i.e. the duration of one night); lasting all night. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-nightlong-en-adj-ddEOSuL~ Disambiguation of Time: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -long, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -long: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

Etymology: From Middle English nihtlonge, nihtlonges, from Old English nihtlanges (“for the night”), equivalent to night + -long. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nihtlonge}} Middle English nihtlonge, {{inh|en|ang|nihtlanges||for the night}} Old English nihtlanges (“for the night”), {{suf|en|night|long}} night + -long Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} nightlong (not comparable)
  1. Through the night. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-nightlong-en-adv-JmcLRsff
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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