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Definition of midsummer men in English: midsummer mennoun (Originally) a pair of orpine plants, symbolizing a young man and his sweetheart, which were set upright by girls on midsummer eve to prognosticate the course of their love; (in later use, also occasionally in singular as midsummer man) the plant orpine (Hylotelephium telephium) itself; the related plant roseroot, Sedum rosea.
Origin Late 17th century; earliest use found in John Aubrey (1626–1697), antiquary and biographer. Definition of midsummer men in US English: midsummer mennoun (Originally) a pair of orpine plants, symbolizing a young man and his sweetheart, which were set upright by girls on midsummer eve to prognosticate the course of their love; (in later use, also occasionally in singular as midsummer man) the plant orpine (Hylotelephium telephium) itself; the related plant roseroot, Sedum rosea.
Origin Late 17th century; earliest use found in John Aubrey (1626–1697), antiquary and biographer. |