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midsummer

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English

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Etymology

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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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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪdˌsʌmə(ɹ)/, /mɪdˈsʌmə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

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midsummer (countable and uncountable, plural midsummers)

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

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Adjective

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midsummer (not comparable)

  1. Occurring in the middle of summer.

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