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I. adjective
Date: 1612
lasting the whole night <nightlong festivities> II. adverb Date: 1870 through the whole night
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
nightlong
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Nightlong — Night long (?; 115), a. Lasting all night. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nightlong — (adj.) O.E. nihtlang; see NIGHT (Cf. night) + LONG (Cf. long) … Etymology dictionary
nightlong — [nīt′lôŋ΄] adj., adv. through the entire night; all night … English World dictionary
nightlong — adj. /nuyt lawng , long /; adv. /nuyt lawng , long /, adj. 1. lasting all night: a nightlong snowfall. adv. 2. through the entire night: They typed nightlong to finish the reports. [bef. 1000; ME; OE nihtlang (adv.) for the space of a night. See… … Universalium
nightlong — adjective (only before noun) literary lasting all night: a nightlong vigil … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
nightlong — adjective lasting, open, or operating through the whole night a nightlong vigil an all night drugstore an overnight trip • Syn: ↑all night, ↑overnight • Similar to: ↑long … Useful english dictionary
Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy — Developer(s) Team 17, Trecision [1] … Wikipedia
nightlong — 1. adverb through the night 2. adjective lasting all night … Wiktionary
nightlong — adj. during the night, all night adv. in the course of the night … English contemporary dictionary
nightlong — night•long adj. [[t]ˈnaɪtˌlɔŋ, ˌlɒŋ[/t]] adv. [[t]ˈnaɪtˈlɔŋ, ˈlɒŋ[/t]] adj. 1) lasting all night 2) through the entire night • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME; OE nihtlang (adv.) for the space of a night … From formal English to slang
