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Summer
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- 1 A female given name from English of modern usage, from summer, the name of the season, often given to girls born in summer. countable
- 2 A surname. countable
- 3 Alternative letter-case form of summer. alt-of, archaic, poetic
"I am very prodigall of cappings, namely in Summer, and I never receive any from what quality of men ſoever, but I giue them as good and as many as they bring, except he be ſome ſervant of mine."
- 1 One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as spanning either the period between the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, or the months of June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere. countable, uncountable
"the heat of summer"
- 2 A horizontal beam supporting a building.
"And we are warned, that the foundation or maine summers of our houses faile and shrinke, when we see the quarters bend, or wals to breake."
- 3 A person who sums.
- 4 the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty wordnet
- 5 year; used to give the age of a person, usually a young one. countable, humorous, poetic, uncountable
"He was barely eighteen summers old."
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- 6 A pack-horse. obsolete
- 7 A machine or algorithm that sums.
"A basic feedback system consists of ... and a summing point (comparator or summer)."
- 8 the warmest season of the year; in the Northern Hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox wordnet
- 9 Most flourishing, happy, or beautiful period; golden age, prime. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"O! craving heart, for the lost flowers And sunshine of my summer hours!"
- 10 Someone with light, pinkish skin that has a blue undertone, light hair and eyes, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing. countable
- 1 To spend the summer, as in a particular place on holiday. intransitive
"We like to summer in the Mediterranean."
- 2 spend the summer wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English somer, sumer, from Old English sumor (“summer”), from Proto-West Germanic *sumar, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz (“summer”), from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂-ó-, oblique of *semh₂- (“summer, year”). Cognate with Scots somer, sumer, simer (“summer”), West Frisian simmer (“summer”), Saterland Frisian Suumer (“summer”), Dutch zomer (“summer”), Low German Sommer (“summer”), German Sommer (“summer”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål sommer (“summer”), Swedish sommar (“summer”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic sumar (“summer”), Welsh haf (“summer”), Armenian ամ (am, “year”), ամառ (amaṙ, “summer”), Sanskrit समा (sámā, “a half-year, season, weather, year”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬨 (ham-, “summer”), Middle Persian ḥʾmyn (hāmīn, “summer”), Northern Kurdish havîn (“summer”), Central Kurdish ھاوین (hawîn, “summer”).
From Middle English somer, sumer, from Old English sumor (“summer”), from Proto-West Germanic *sumar, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz (“summer”), from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂-ó-, oblique of *semh₂- (“summer, year”). Cognate with Scots somer, sumer, simer (“summer”), West Frisian simmer (“summer”), Saterland Frisian Suumer (“summer”), Dutch zomer (“summer”), Low German Sommer (“summer”), German Sommer (“summer”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål sommer (“summer”), Swedish sommar (“summer”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic sumar (“summer”), Welsh haf (“summer”), Armenian ամ (am, “year”), ամառ (amaṙ, “summer”), Sanskrit समा (sámā, “a half-year, season, weather, year”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬨 (ham-, “summer”), Middle Persian ḥʾmyn (hāmīn, “summer”), Northern Kurdish havîn (“summer”), Central Kurdish ھاوین (hawîn, “summer”).
From Middle English somer, from Anglo-Norman summer, sumer, from Vulgar Latin saumārius, for Late Latin sagmārius, from Latin sagma (“sum”). Compare sumpter.
From sum + -er.
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