| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| livelong |
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| SYLLABICATION: | live·long |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  l v lông, -l ng |
| ADJECTIVE: | Complete; whole: the livelong day. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English : leve, lefe, dear, used as an intensive (from Old English l of, dear; see leubh- in Appendix I) + long, long; see long1.
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