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Indian summer definition

☆ Indian summer

  1. a period of mild, warm, hazy weather following the first frosts of late autumn
  2. the final period, as of a person's life, regarded as tranquil, serene, etc.

Etymology: Indian, + summer; reason for name obscure

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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