midwinter monthn.

Brit.

/ˌmɪdwɪntə ˈmʌnθ/, U.S.

/ˈˌmɪdwɪn(t)ər ˈmənθ/

Forms: see midwinter n. and month n.¹

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

Etymology: < midwinter n. + month n.¹ Compare midsummer 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) Anglo-Saxonica... December... Midwintermonaþ, Ærre Geola vel Iula.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 December. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 207 (MED) In Decembre it is mydwynter monþe.

2. A month in midwinter.

ΚΠ

1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion v. 238 Three dark mid-winter months .

1896 Overland Monthly Apr. 371/2 Sometimes in the midwinter months he took to his bed.

1989 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 58 809 The pattern of winter emergence shows a decline in mid-winter months.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	midwinter month
释义	midwinter monthn. Brit. /ˌmɪdwɪntə ˈmʌnθ/, U.S. /ˈˌmɪdwɪn(t)ər ˈmənθ/ Forms: see midwinter n. and month n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: midwinter n., month n.¹ Etymology: < midwinter n. + month n.¹ Compare midsummer 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) Anglo-Saxonica... December... Midwintermonaþ, Ærre Geola vel Iula.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 December. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 207 (MED) In Decembre it is mydwynter monþe. 2. A month in midwinter. ΚΠ 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion v. 238 Three dark mid-winter months . View more context for this quotation 1896 Overland Monthly Apr. 371/2 Sometimes in the midwinter months he took to his bed. 1989 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 58 809 The pattern of winter emergence shows a decline in mid-winter months. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1387
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