livelong

Other forms of livelong

plural

livelongs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about livelong

What does livelong mean?

livelong means "perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in livelong?

livelong has 3 syllables: li-ve-long. The stress falls on "li".

What is another word for livelong?

Close synonyms include orpine, orpin, live-forever, Sedum telephium. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is livelong a common word?

livelong is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.