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单词 johnsmas
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Johnsmasn.

Brit. /ˈdʒɒnzməs/, U.S. /ˈdʒɑnzməs/, Scottish English /ˈdʒɔnzməs/
Forms: pre-1700 Jonesmes, 1700s Johnsmass, 1700s– Johnsmas. Also with lower-case initial.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; probably modelled on a Norn lexical item. Etymons: proper name John , -mas comb. form.
Etymology: < the genitive of the name of St John the Baptist (see John n.) + -mas comb. form, probably after the unattested Norn cognate of Old Icelandic Jónsmessa.
Scottish (Orkney and Shetland).
The feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist (Midsummer Day, 24 June).
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1616 Shetland Witch Trial in J. G. Dalyell Darker Superst. Scot. (1834) 118 In ane somer morneing, earlie befoir the sone, about Jonesmes 1614.
a1777 G. Low Tour Orkney & Schetland (1879) 82 Their Festivals are Christmas, Newyearsday, Uphaliday,..Johnsmass.
1846 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 330/1 Johnsmas is still regarded by the Shetland fisherman as a holiday.
1911 J. Omond Orkney 80 Years Ago 10/3 Johnsmas..was bonfire night, five weeks before Lammas.
2013 @Joblynation 21 Jan. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Seeing as I'm likely to [be] stuck in Aber due to pesky weather, what do people suggest I do for Johnsmas this year?

Compounds

Johnsmas foy n. [ < Johnsmas n. + foy n.2] a celebration held on or around Johnsmas. Originally generally coinciding with the arrival of Dutch fishermen in Lerwick harbour.
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1898 Shetland News 11 June The Johnsmas Foys of the annual foreign invaders.
2008 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 29 June 37 Shetland this past week has been celebrating the Johnsmas Foy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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