summerlong

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adjective

Extending throughout a summer

OriginEnglish summer ← Middle English somer ← Old English sumor →
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Meanings

adjectivesummerlong (not comparable)
  1. not comparableExtending throughout a summer

    “We don’t want it to be a summerlong event, though,” said Corrigan O’Donohue, a lieutenant with the Royal Oak Police Department.

    2007 August 3, Mary M. Chapman, “Growing Pains for a Yearly Tribute to Classic American Cars”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*s(e)m-eh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-h₂-ór-o-
  3. Proto-Germanic*sumaraz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*sumar
  5. Old Englishsumor
  6. Middle Englishsomer
  7. Englishsummer
  8. Englishsummerlong

From summer + -long.

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Cite this entry
APA

summerlong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summerlong

MLA

“summerlong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summerlong. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “summerlong,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summerlong.

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