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Date: 1300-1400
Origin: lief 'dear' (11-19 centuries) (from Old English leof) (influenced by LIVE1) + long

livelong

 adjective
     
live‧long

all the livelong day

old-fashioned a phrase meaning 'all day', used when this seems like a long time to you
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