midsummer monthn.

Brit.

/ˌmɪdsʌmə ˈmʌnθ/, U.S.

/ˈˌmɪdsəmər ˈmənθ/

Forms: see midsummer n. and month n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: midsummer n., month n.¹

Etymology: < midsummer n. + month n.¹ Compare midwinter month n.Earlier currency (in sense 1) is perhaps implied by G. Hickes's record of the Old English month names (perhaps relying on a lost manuscript):1703 G. Hickes Thesaurus I. 215 (table) Junius... Sere-monað. Mid-su[m]or-monaþ, Ærra liþa, Iunius monaþ.Although it is included in Bosworth-Toller and later dictionaries of Old English, the word is apparently not attested in any extant manuscript from the Old English period.

†1. The month of June. Obsolete.

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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 207 (MED) Þan it is wynter wiþ ham, þat is, in Iuyn, þat is, mydsomer monþe.

2. A month in midsummer.

ΚΠ

1850 J. S. Jenkins U.S. Exploring Exped.: Voy. of Exploring Squadron 64 Even during the midsummer months of this climate—January and February—the mountains do not put off their mantle of snow.

1900 N. Amer. Rev. Aug. 145 Every American, even in this sultry mid-summer month,..should study well the part America must play on this new stage.

1910 Science 2 Sept. 306/1 Divide the fifty-two weeks of the year into thirteen months of four weeks each, by inserting a mid-summer month to be called Sol.

2000 Guardian (Electronic ed.) 11 Sept. Satellite photographs show that the size of the Arctic ice cap in the midsummer months is now some 6% smaller than it was in 1980.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	midsummer month
释义	midsummer monthn. Brit. /ˌmɪdsʌmə ˈmʌnθ/, U.S. /ˈˌmɪdsəmər ˈmənθ/ Forms: see midsummer n. and month n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: midsummer n., month n.¹ Etymology: < midsummer n. + month n.¹ Compare midwinter month n.Earlier currency (in sense 1) is perhaps implied by G. Hickes's record of the Old English month names (perhaps relying on a lost manuscript):1703 G. Hickes Thesaurus I. 215 (table) Junius... Sere-monað. Mid-su[m]or-monaþ, Ærra liþa, Iunius monaþ.Although it is included in Bosworth-Toller and later dictionaries of Old English, the word is apparently not attested in any extant manuscript from the Old English period. †1. The month of June. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 207 (MED) Þan it is wynter wiþ ham, þat is, in Iuyn, þat is, mydsomer monþe. 2. A month in midsummer. ΚΠ 1850 J. S. Jenkins U.S. Exploring Exped.: Voy. of Exploring Squadron 64 Even during the midsummer months of this climate—January and February—the mountains do not put off their mantle of snow. 1900 N. Amer. Rev. Aug. 145 Every American, even in this sultry mid-summer month,..should study well the part America must play on this new stage. 1910 Science 2 Sept. 306/1 Divide the fifty-two weeks of the year into thirteen months of four weeks each, by inserting a mid-summer month to be called Sol. 2000 Guardian (Electronic ed.) 11 Sept. Satellite photographs show that the size of the Arctic ice cap in the midsummer months is now some 6% smaller than it was in 1980. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1387
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