summer's dayn.

Brit.

/ˌsʌməz ˈdeɪ/, U.S.

/ˌsəmərz ˈdeɪ/

Forms: Middle English someres dai, Middle English someres day, Middle English someris dai, Middle English someris day, Middle English somerys day, Middle English somores day, Middle English sumeres dei, Middle English–1600s somers day, 1500s summers daie, 1500s–1600s sommers day, 1500s–1700s summers day, 1500s– summer's day.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: summer n.¹, day n.

Etymology: < the genitive of summer n.¹ + day n. Compare Old Frisian sumuresdei Midsummer Day. Compare summer day n.With use in sense ‘Midsummer Day’ (see quot. a1250) compare Old English middesumeres dæg (see quot. OE at Midsummer Day n. 1).

A day in summer, esp. one characterized as long, warm, pleasant, etc. Cf. summer day n.Sometimes as the type of a very long day.In quot. a1250: Midsummer Day.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > summer > summer's day

summer's daya1250

summer daya1393

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 188 (MED) Ne schule ȝe beon bute ase ure leawude breþren beoþ i huseled wiðinnen tweolf moneð bute viftene siðen: a midewinteres dei..holiþursdei, hwitesunedei and sumeresdei.

c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) 29 Hit was vpon a someres day.

c1390 Gregorius (Vernon) (1914) 10 (MED) Þou seost cleiȝ clyngen on cliue Im someres dai aboute þe None.

?a1400 Prick of Conscience (Garrett) (1863) l. 715 As a schalde webbe in somers day.

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 11613 Vp-on the glade somerys dayes.

a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 117 Lyke a meyny of bullokkis..on a whot somers day, whan they be mad all.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. i. 14 Like stinging Bees in hottest summers day .

1607 G. Markham First Pt. First Bk. Eng. Arcadia f. 46^v Neither could a Sommers day, nor Winters night, out-last my discoursings.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 449 To lament his fate In amorous dittyes all a Summers day .

1706 J. Gardiner tr. R. Rapin Of Gardens i. 49 Shalt of Day-lilly the fair Name receive, If one whole Summer's Day thy Beautys live.

1743 R. Blair Grave 8 Oh! then the longest Summer's Day Seem'd too too much in Haste.

1853 M. Arnold Scholar Gipsy in Poems (new ed.) 202 All the live murmur of a summer's day.

1881 Daily News 12 Dec. 2/2 Glass roofing..surmounted by..‘louvred openings’, which secure ventilation while they serve to keep out the hot glare of a summer's day.

1922 E. von Arnim Enchanted April (1989) 80 She began to dress, choosing clean white clothes in honour of the summer's day, unpacking her suit-cases, tidying her adorable little room.

2015 J. Colgan Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery Epil. 396 Then he held her close and swung her round in the bright pink dawn light as another perfect summer's day came in over Mount Polbearne.

Phrases

†P1. In various phrases indicating an unspecified day in the past or future (not necessarily one in the summer): ‘one day’, ‘some day’, ‘one of these fine days’, ‘once upon a time’, etc. Esp. in one summer's day, some summer's day. Cf. fine adj., adv., and n.² Phrases 3. Obsolete.

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the world > time > relative time > different time > [adverb] > at some future time or one day

yeteOE

hereafter1154

hereafterwardc1386

sometimec1386

oncea1393

whiloma1400

rather or latera1450

one of these daysa1470

one day1477

umquhile1489

in timea1500

with time?1531

sooner or later1577

odd shortly1681

some summer's day1697

first or last1700

some of these (‥) days1831

someday1898

down the road (also track)1924

1521 tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Cyte of Ladyes ii. lviiii. sig. O.iij^v It fortuned in a somers day [Fr. à un des jours d'esté] y^t Sysmonde dysported her in a gardyne with her maydens.

1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. I.ij We wil espie, some sunny Sommers day, To loke againe, and see some semely sights.

1606 J. Reynolds Dolarnys Primerose sig. I No shipps shall neede, to waft them ore the sea, For they shal land it, in one sommers daye.

1697 H. Wanley in Bodleian Q. Rec. (1915) 1 112 [The] Vice-Chancellor..with the other Curators, upon some Somers day, might call them all over.

1799 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 279 In Wales I am unwandered, and should like to go some summer's day.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV lxxxii. 156 There's another little thing..Which you should perpetrate some summer's day.

1884 Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archæol. Soc. 7 203 Possibly some summer's day the writer yet may find carved on one of the beech trees of the grand old walk leading to Dalston Hall, the name of ‘Dolly’.

†P2. In various commendatory phrases, esp. describing a superlative example (the best one is ever likely to encounter) of a type of person or thing. Chiefly in in a summer's day. Obsolete.

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1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters i. xxii. f. xxx/1 As meke a symple soule as a manne shuld haue sene in a somers day.

1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie i. iii. sig. B^v As goodly a youth as one shall see in a Summers daie.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. ii. 81 A sweete fac't man; a proper man as one shall see in a sommers day.

1634 T. Heywood Mayden-head well Lost ii. i. sig. D^v As goodly a large place to starue in, as your Ladiship can desire to see in a Summers day.

1703 Pleasures Matrimony x. 131 I was courted by as Compleat a Handsome young Man as you should see in a Summers Day.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. xv. 294 As fine a fat thriving Child as you shall see in a Summer's Day .

1759 Universal Mag. Jan. 39 My Katie is as sweet a lass As ever trod the verdant grass upon a summer's-day.

1801 Moreland Vale 125 He used to be as lively a lad as you will see in a summer's day.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxvii. 340 You won't see a prettier pair, I think, this summer's day, Sir.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	summers day
释义	summer's dayn. Brit. /ˌsʌməz ˈdeɪ/, U.S. /ˌsəmərz ˈdeɪ/ Forms: Middle English someres dai, Middle English someres day, Middle English someris dai, Middle English someris day, Middle English somerys day, Middle English somores day, Middle English sumeres dei, Middle English–1600s somers day, 1500s summers daie, 1500s–1600s sommers day, 1500s–1700s summers day, 1500s– summer's day. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: summer n.¹, day n. Etymology: < the genitive of summer n.¹ + day n. Compare Old Frisian sumuresdei Midsummer Day. Compare summer day n.With use in sense ‘Midsummer Day’ (see quot. a1250) compare Old English middesumeres dæg (see quot. OE at Midsummer Day n. 1). A day in summer, esp. one characterized as long, warm, pleasant, etc. Cf. summer day n.Sometimes as the type of a very long day.In quot. a1250: Midsummer Day. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > summer > summer's day summer's daya1250 summer daya1393 a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 188 (MED) Ne schule ȝe beon bute ase ure leawude breþren beoþ i huseled wiðinnen tweolf moneð bute viftene siðen: a midewinteres dei..holiþursdei, hwitesunedei and sumeresdei. c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) 29 Hit was vpon a someres day. c1390 Gregorius (Vernon) (1914) 10 (MED) Þou seost cleiȝ clyngen on cliue Im someres dai aboute þe None. ?a1400 Prick of Conscience (Garrett) (1863) l. 715 As a schalde webbe in somers day. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 11613 Vp-on the glade somerys dayes. a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 117 Lyke a meyny of bullokkis..on a whot somers day, whan they be mad all. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. i. 14 Like stinging Bees in hottest summers day . View more context for this quotation 1607 G. Markham First Pt. First Bk. Eng. Arcadia f. 46^v Neither could a Sommers day, nor Winters night, out-last my discoursings. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 449 To lament his fate In amorous dittyes all a Summers day . View more context for this quotation 1706 J. Gardiner tr. R. Rapin Of Gardens i. 49 Shalt of Day-lilly the fair Name receive, If one whole Summer's Day thy Beautys live. 1743 R. Blair Grave 8 Oh! then the longest Summer's Day Seem'd too too much in Haste. 1853 M. Arnold Scholar Gipsy in Poems (new ed.) 202 All the live murmur of a summer's day. 1881 Daily News 12 Dec. 2/2 Glass roofing..surmounted by..‘louvred openings’, which secure ventilation while they serve to keep out the hot glare of a summer's day. 1922 E. von Arnim Enchanted April (1989) 80 She began to dress, choosing clean white clothes in honour of the summer's day, unpacking her suit-cases, tidying her adorable little room. 2015 J. Colgan Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery Epil. 396 Then he held her close and swung her round in the bright pink dawn light as another perfect summer's day came in over Mount Polbearne. Phrases †P1. In various phrases indicating an unspecified day in the past or future (not necessarily one in the summer): ‘one day’, ‘some day’, ‘one of these fine days’, ‘once upon a time’, etc. Esp. in one summer's day, some summer's day. Cf. fine adj., adv., and n.² Phrases 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > different time > [adverb] > at some future time or one day yeteOE hereafter1154 hereafterwardc1386 sometimec1386 oncea1393 whiloma1400 rather or latera1450 one of these daysa1470 one day1477 umquhile1489 in timea1500 with time?1531 sooner or later1577 odd shortly1681 some summer's day1697 first or last1700 some of these (‥) days1831 someday1898 down the road (also track)1924 1521 tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Cyte of Ladyes ii. lviiii. sig. O.iij^v It fortuned in a somers day [Fr. à un des jours d'esté] y^t Sysmonde dysported her in a gardyne with her maydens. 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. I.ij We wil espie, some sunny Sommers day, To loke againe, and see some semely sights. 1606 J. Reynolds Dolarnys Primerose sig. I No shipps shall neede, to waft them ore the sea, For they shal land it, in one sommers daye. 1697 H. Wanley in Bodleian Q. Rec. (1915) 1 112 [The] Vice-Chancellor..with the other Curators, upon some Somers day, might call them all over. 1799 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 279 In Wales I am unwandered, and should like to go some summer's day. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV lxxxii. 156 There's another little thing..Which you should perpetrate some summer's day. 1884 Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archæol. Soc. 7 203 Possibly some summer's day the writer yet may find carved on one of the beech trees of the grand old walk leading to Dalston Hall, the name of ‘Dolly’. †P2. In various commendatory phrases, esp. describing a superlative example (the best one is ever likely to encounter) of a type of person or thing. Chiefly in in a summer's day. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters i. xxii. f. xxx/1 As meke a symple soule as a manne shuld haue sene in a somers day. 1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie i. iii. sig. B^v As goodly a youth as one shall see in a Summers daie. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. ii. 81 A sweete fac't man; a proper man as one shall see in a sommers day. 1634 T. Heywood Mayden-head well Lost ii. i. sig. D^v As goodly a large place to starue in, as your Ladiship can desire to see in a Summers day. 1703 Pleasures Matrimony x. 131 I was courted by as Compleat a Handsome young Man as you should see in a Summers Day. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. xv. 294 As fine a fat thriving Child as you shall see in a Summer's Day . View more context for this quotation 1759 Universal Mag. Jan. 39 My Katie is as sweet a lass As ever trod the verdant grass upon a summer's-day. 1801 Moreland Vale 125 He used to be as lively a lad as you will see in a summer's day. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxvii. 340 You won't see a prettier pair, I think, this summer's day, Sir. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1250
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