Martlemas

English

Proper noun

Martlemas

1. Obsolete form of Martinmas.
   • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

     Deliver'd with good respect. And how doth the Martlemas, your master?

   • 1796, George Colman the Younger, The Iron Chest, act I, scene 2:

     How old art thou now, Adam? / Four score, come Martlemas: and by our Lady, I can run with a lapwing.

References

• “Martlemas”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• marmalets