midsummer
IPA: mˈɪdsˈʌmɝ
noun
- The period around the summer solstice; about 21st June in the northern hemisphere.
- The first day of summer.
- The middle of summer.
- Midsummer Day, the English quarter day.
- A pagan holiday or Wiccan Sabbat
- A pagan holiday and Wiccan Sabbat.
adjective
- Happening in the middle of summer.
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Examples of "midsummer" in Sentences
- A midsummer ramble in the Dolomites.
- It's midsummer on the Housatonic in Connecticut.
- In midsummer, the fall of the city seemed certain.
- Midsummer is also celebrated as the day of the Finnish flag.
- It blooms white frothy flowers in early spring to midsummer.
- The moth flies from early to midsummer depending on the location.
- The pair were ready to begin operations in the midsummer of 1856.
- The present construction was inaugurated at the midsummer of 2001.
- Midsummer is the time to discover beautiful places in the fatherland.
- At midsummer and midwinter, the equator would have constant twilight.
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