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midsummer

noun
/mɪdˈsʌmə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English midsomer, midsumer, from Old English midsumer, midsumor (“midsummer”), from Proto-West Germanic *midisumar, from Proto-Germanic *midjasumaraz (“midsummer”), equivalent to mid- + summer. Cognate with West Frisian midsimmer (“midsummer”), Dutch midzomer (“midsummer”), German Mittsommer (“midsummer”), Danish midsommer (“midsummer”), Swedish midsommar (“midsummer”), Icelandic miðsumar (“midsummer”).

  1. inherited from *midjasumaraz✻ — “midsummer”
  2. inherited from *midisumar✻
  3. inherited from midsumer
  4. inherited from midsomer

Definitions

  1. The period around the summer solstice

    The period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere.

  2. The first day of summer.

  3. The middle of summer.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Midsummer Day, the English quarter day.

    2. A pagan holiday or Wiccan Sabbat.

    3. Of or occurring in the middle of summer.

    4. A pagan holiday and Wiccan Sabbat.

    5. Synonym of Midsummer Day.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA