Indian Summer Definition

noun
A period of mild, warm, hazy weather following the first frosts of late autumn.
Webster's New World
The final period, as of a person's life, regarded as tranquil, serene, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Saint Martin's summer

Other Word Forms of Indian Summer

Noun

Singular:
Indian summer
Plural:
indian-summers

Origin of Indian Summer

  • A wide variety of etymologies have been proposed, none convincingly. Most plausible suggest Native Americans called it a form of “summer”, due to harvesting late plants or preparing for winter, or European settlers coined it due to various Native American activity in this season, or due to the weather phenomenon being associated with regions inhabited by Native Americans. No evidence of connection with Indian giver (some folk etymologies suggest that the term is due to the warm weather being given but then taken away).

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  • Unknown US, attested 1778. Spread and popularized early 19th century. Used figuratively from 1830s. By 20th century globally replaced earlier St. Luke's summer, St. Martin's summer, and All-Hallown summer.

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Indian Summer Sentence Examples

  • The weather turned hot, then cold and finally they moved into Indian summer.

  • Any remaining vestige of an Indian Summer is quickly blown away Birds; Butterflies; Bats; Fungi; .. .

  • It was a period with him of great mental activity, and is represented by four of his books which stand as admirable witnesses to the Lowell of 1848, namely, the second series of Poems, containing among others "Columbus," "An Indian Summer Reverie," "To the Dandelion," "The Changeling"; A Fable for Critics, in which, after the manner of Leigh Hunt's The Feast of the Poets, he characterizes in witty verse and with good-natured satire American contemporary writers, and in which, the publication being anonymous, he included himself; The Vision of Sir Launfal, a romantic story suggested by the Arthurian legends - one of his most popular poems; and finally The Biglow Papers.

  • Her Sterling Indian Summer Gemstone Pin/Pendant can be found on QVC.

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Words Starting With

IININD

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RERMER

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Words Starting With I and Ending With R

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