livelong
adjective/ˈlɪvlɒŋ/
/ˈlɪvlɔːŋ/
Word Originlate Middle English leve longe ‘dear long’ (see lief and the adjective long). The change in spelling of the first word was due to association with live1.
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See livelong in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarythe livelong day
- (literary) the whole length of the day
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