Saint Martin's summer

American  

noun

1. mild, warm weather similar to Indian summer, occurring in November.

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Saint Martin's summer British  

noun

1. a period of unusually warm weather in the late autumn, esp early November

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Etymology

Origin of Saint Martin's summer

First recorded in 1585–95; from the occurence of such weather around the feast of St. Martin, celebrated on November 11

Example Sentences

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Saint Martin's summer

The phase of autumn so pleasantly named "Saint Martin's summer" was just beginning.

From Pierre Grassou by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

They were then in Saint Martin's summer, the time of sowing, and the labourer divided the broken-up earth into three parts.

From The Cabin [La barraca] by Vicente Blasco Ib??ez

This night the siege assuredly I 'll raise: Expect Saint Martin's summer, halcyon days, Since I have entered into these wars.

From King Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare

The Saint Martin’s summer lasted to the beginning of December, and then it came to an end, and with it the idyll of Aristide and Anne Honeywood.

From The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by Alec Ball