lifelong adj 1: continuing through life; "a lifelong friend"; "from lifelong habit"; "his lifelong study of Greek art" [syn: {lifelong}, {womb-to-tomb}]
Lifelong \Life"long\ (l[imac]f"l[o^]ng`), a. [Life + long. Cf. {Livelong}.] Lasting or continuing through life. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]