livelong

Meaning

Adj

1. total, complete, whole
2. (obsolete) lasting; durable.

Noun

orpine (Hylotelephium telephium syn. Sedum telephium)

Synonyms

live-forever

orpine

whole

entire

outlive

survive

orpin

Sedum telephium

lifetime

arrant

Aaron’s rod

out-and-out

midsummer-men

completely metrizable

total

unrelieved

witch’s moneybags

choate

live forever

frog’s-stomach

eternal

everlasting

integral

lifelong

Translations

αμάραντο

bütün

ολόκληρο

πετρόχορτο

restlos

sämtlich

völlig

Große Fetthenne

völlig <kompletter> <am komplettesten>

ισόβιος

bitmez tükenmez

ολόκληρος

دائم

complet

complète

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: live long

Cognate with Dutch: heel den lieven langen dag

Cognate with German: die liebe lange Nacht

In summary

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”).