See Also: unpatterned(dictionary)
livelong(1)(dictionary)
livelong(2)(dictionary)
livelong(dictionary)

livelong(1) (iou) and unpatterned (iou)


livelong(1) (iou)



livelong adjective. poet. & rhet. LME.
[Orig. from LIEF adjective + LONG adjective1 (cf. German die liebe lange Nacht). In 16 interpreted as from LIVE adjective or verb + LONG adjective1, and alt. in form.]
Of a period of time: very long or apparently very long; whole, entire.
Steele Here I sit moping all the live-long Night.

unpatterned (iou)



unpatterned adjective. E17.
[from UN-1 + patterned pa. pple of PATTERN verb.]
Unexampled, unequalled. arch. E17.
Not decorated with a pattern. L19.
Not formed or cast into a pattern. M20.