midsummer
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Noun
[edit]midsummer (countable and uncountable, plural midsummers)
- The period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere.
- The first day of summer.
- The middle of summer.
- Midsummer Day, the English quarter day.
- A pagan holiday or Wiccan Sabbat.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]about 21st June
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The middle of summer
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Midsummer Day
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Adjective
[edit]midsummer (not comparable)
Translations
[edit]happening in the middle of summer
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Derived terms
[edit]- Central European Midsummer Time
- Midsummer ale
- midsummer chafer
- midsummer daisy
- Midsummer Day, Midsummer's Day
- Midsummer Eve, midsummer eve, midsummer even, Midsummer's Eve
- midsummer games
- midsummer growth
- midsummerish
- midsummer madness
- midsummer men, midsummer-men
- midsummer moon
- Midsummer Night
- midsummer night's dream
- midsummer sights
- midsummer silver
- midsummery
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