May-December Definition

mādisembər
adjective
Of or designating a marriage or romantic relationship between a young person and a person who is considerably older.
Webster's New World

Origin of May-December

  • From the lyrics to the Kurt Weill/Maxwell Anderson song "September Song", about such a relationship, and which includes the line "It's a long, long time from May to December".

    From Wiktionary

May-December Sentence Examples

  • People make it work though -- look at the poster-couple for so-called "May-December" romances Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher.

  • The revolt at Zanjan in the north-west of Persia, headed by Mulla Muhammad `Ali Zanjani, also lasted seven or eight months (May-December 1850), while a serious but less protracted struggle was waged against the government at Niriz in Fars by Aga, Sayyid Yahya of Niriz.

  • The May-December romances ended with funerals for five elderly men, all wooed by younger women.

  • In May, My Fair Brady came back for another round, further exploring the wacky May/December romance of Adrianne and Christopher.

  • May-December romances have been going on for centuries, and the Internet dating scene is no exception.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to May-December using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

MMAMAY

Words Ending With

RERBER

Unscrambles

May-December

Words Starting With M and Ending With R

Starts With M & Ends With RStarts With MA & Ends With RStarts With M & Ends With ER

Word Length

12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With M12 Letter Words Ending With R

Words Near May-December in the Dictionary