nightlong

[ adjective nahyt-lawng, -long; adverb nahyt-lawng, -long ]

adjective

1. lasting all night:

   a nightlong snowfall.

adverb

1. through the entire night:

   Volunteer sandbag crews worked nightlong to stem the floodwaters.

nightlong

/ ˈnaɪtˌlɒŋ /

adjective

1. throughout the night

Word History and Origins

Origin of nightlong¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English nihtlang (adverb) “for the space of a night”; night, long ¹

Example Sentences

As they roamed the streets, the protesters set off small fires that would soon draw in the police, in what has become a nightlong game of cat-and-mouse.

From New York Times

Known as the Argus Array Pathfinder, it will register changes in the stars second by second, essentially making a nightlong celestial movie.

From Science Magazine

Appearing in fitted tops and mini skirts after nightlong partying, Naomi is, well, the black sheep in more ways than the most obvious racial one.

From New York Times

But tonight the wind is blowing out, and he just didn’t give them any swings all nightlong.”

From Washington Post

In the second, a big group of psychotherapists have a tetchy nightlong dinner in a pancake house.

From New York Times