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midsummer

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16
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20
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/mɪdˈsʌmə(ɹ)/
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Definition of midsummer

8 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere.
  2. (countable, uncountable)The first day of summer.
  3. (countable, uncountable)The middle of summer.
  4. (countable, uncountable)Midsummer Day, the English quarter day.
  5. (countable, uncountable)A pagan holiday or Wiccan Sabbat.

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of or occurring in the middle of summer.

name

  1. A pagan holiday and Wiccan Sabbat.
  2. Synonym of Midsummer Day.

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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”).

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