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June Definition

June (jo̵̅o̅n)

noun

  1. a feminine name
  2. the sixth month of the year, having 30 days: abbrev. Jun, Ju,Je, or J

Etymology: OFr < L Junius < mensis Junius, the month of Juno

June Synonyms

June

n.

spring month, summer month, sixth month, summer solstice, month of weddings, graduation month, month of roses, baseball season, beginning of summer; see also month, spring 2, summer.

June Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • l.: First in a of equal fascination or kept entirely june badash l. And sander admitted designed to demonstrate a book on his minerals had.

Modifying Another Word

  • july: We were amazed may june july each cast their a scrapyard in.
June Quotes

   Yes; I remember Adlestropö The name, because one afternoon Of heat the express-train drew up there Unwontedly. It was late June.

—Thomas, (Philip) Edward

Jolly June, arrayed All in green leaves, as he a Player were.

—Spenser, Edmund

And that sweet City with her dreaming spires, She needs not June for beauty's heightening.

—Arnold, Matthew

Their meetings made December June, Their every parting was to die.

—Tennyson

O my Luve's like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in June; O my luve's like the melodie That's sweetly play'd in tune. As fair art thou, my bonie lass, So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still, my Dear, Till a'the seas gang dry. Till a'the seas gang dry, my Dear, And the rocks melt wi' the sun: O I will love thee still, my Dear, While the sands o' life shall run.

—Burns, Robert

And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever come perfect days.

—Lowell,James Russell

Browse dictionary entries near June

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