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livelong

[ liv-lawng, -long ]

adjective

  1. (of time) whole or entire, especially when tediously long, slow in passing, etc.:

    We picked apples the livelong day.



livelong

/ ˈɪˌɒŋ /

adjective

  1. (of time) long or seemingly long, esp in a tedious way (esp in the phrase all the livelong day )
  2. whole; entire
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noun

  1. another name for orpine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of livelong1

1350–1400; alteration (by association with live 1 ) of earlier leeve long, Middle English leve longe dear long. See lief, long 1
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How dreary to be somebody / How public, like a frog / To tell your name the livelong day / To an admiring bog.

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“Do you know we have been together the whole livelong day, Robert—since early this morning?” she said at parting.

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She will stay in that bed the livelong day.

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Suffice it to say that it doesn’t exactly boost morale to be greeted by an endless string of indignant, agonised, horror-movie-outtake variations on “How did you get this number?” all the livelong day.

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Phil is livelong, including a stint as a principal guest conductor in the 1980s.

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