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adj
Lasting a night (i.e. the duration of one night); lasting all night.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Through the night.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
lasting, open, or operating through the whole night
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: all-night, overnight
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English *nihtlong, from Old English nihtlang (“lasting through the night, night-long, a night in length”), equivalent to night + -long.
From Middle English nihtlonge, nihtlonges, from Old English nihtlanges (“for the night”), equivalent to night + -long.
