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midsummer definition

mid·sum·mer (-sum′ər)

noun

  1. the middle of summer
  2. the time of the summer solstice, about June 21

adjective

of, in, or like midsummer

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midsummer Synonyms

midsummer

n.

solstice, June 22, longest day of the year; see summer.


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midsummer Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • celebrate: We are having a re-union barbecue on the school fields to celebrate midsummer in a style.

Converse of subject

  • relieve: An agreement is made that it will surrender if not relieved by midsummer 's day.

Adjective modifier

  • minor: The Cove at Stanton marks the minor southern midsummer setting as viewed from the northeast circle.

Modifies a noun

  • sunrise: To the south east is an entrance with double stones which faces down the valley toward the midsummer sunrise.

Possessives

  • eve: She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born, On midsummer's eve, near the tower.

Preposition: in

  • style: We are having a re-union barbecue on the school fields to celebrate midsummer in a style.
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midsummer quotes

Too quick despairer, wherefore wilt thou go? Soon will the high Midsummer pomps come on, Soon will the musk carnations break and swell.

-Arnold, Matthew

To the King'sTheatre, where we saw Midsummer Night's Dream, which I had never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid, ridiculous play that ever I ever saw in my life.

-Pepys, Samuel

Far may be sought Erst that ye can find So courteous, so kind, As Merry Margaret, This midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower.

-Skelton,John

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