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Midsummer

//mɪdˈsʌmə(ɹ)// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Occurring in the middle of summer. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A pagan holiday and Wiccan Sabbat.
  2. 2
    Synonym of Midsummer Day.
Noun
  1. 1
    The period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point wordnet
  3. 3
    The first day of summer. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    The middle of summer. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    Midsummer Day, the English quarter day. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A pagan holiday or Wiccan Sabbat. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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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