Meaning

2 senses
  1. Total, complete, whole.

    I've been working on the railroad, all the livelong day.

    це́лыйcélyj, весьvesʹ

  2. (obsolete)Lasting; durable.

More definitions
  • (of time) constituting the full extent or duration

Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
total, complete, whole:

Origin

From Middle English live long, leve-long, lefe long (as in Alle the lefe longe daye), equi

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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Word family

1 related words
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