Wintertide
//ˈwɪntə(ɹ)taɪd// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 wintertime archaic, literary
"Shut out the flower-time, / Sunbeam and shower-time; / Make way for our time, / The winter-tide."
Synonyms
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More examples"Shut out the flower-time, / Sunbeam and shower-time; / Make way for our time, / The winter-tide."
Etymology
From Middle English wintertid, wyntertyde, from Old English winter + tid (“time”). By surface analysis, winter + -tide. Cognate to Dutch wintertijd (“winter time”).
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