livelong1
/ˈlɪvlɒŋ
/adjective [attributive] literary
(Of a period of time) entire: all this livelong day I lay in the sun...
- I love having no idea what time it is, all the livelong day.
- Late in the day, I came to realise I'd not seen another living soul, apart from Dolly, the livelong day.
- Why should your beloved canine doppelgänger be restricted to a life of culinary and sartorial monotony while you dine out, groom obsessively, and gussy yourself up all the livelong day?
Synonyms
entire, whole, total, complete, full, long;
unbroken, undivided, continuous
Origin
Late Middle English leve longe 'dear long' (see lief, long1). The change in spelling of the first word was due to association with live1.
livelong2
/ˈlɪvlɒŋ/noun
A stonecrop, especially orpine.