midsummer

[ mid-suhm-er, -suhm- ]

/ ˈmɪdˈsʌm ər, -ˌsʌm- /

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noun

the middle of summer.

the summer solstice, around June 21.

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Origin of midsummer

before 900; Middle English, Old English midsumer.See mid¹, summer¹

OTHER WORDS FROM midsummer

mid·sum·mer·y, adjectivepre·mid·sum·mer, noun, adjective

Words nearby midsummer

midships, mid-size, midsole, midst, midstream, midsummer, Midsummer Day, Midsummer Eve, midsummer madness, midsummer-men, Midsummer's Day

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How to use midsummer in a sentence

Temperatures are mild during the day and chilly at night, just right for cozying up in your sleeping bag, and the midsummer crowds have disappeared, making scoring a campsite that much easier.
Your Guide to Camping in Southern Utah|eriley|August 27, 2021|Outside Online
Around them, Kansas City glowed in the midsummer dusk; ahead of them glimmered the future.
Those Kansas City Blues: A Family History|Katie Baker|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The midnight sun makes the crime low and the people cheerful from midsummer until the first days of autumn.
The Ugly Side of Sweden|Janine di Giovanni|July 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Midsummer's Day is an appropriately Game of Thrones-ish date for a birthday, and Prince William turns 31 today.
Prince William Turns 31 Today|Tom Sykes|June 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST

At midsummer was to be a fete in the Saboba village, and the San Bernardino priest would come there.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
About Christmas they again ravaged Northumberland, and let off Cumberland till midsummer day next year for the sum of 600 marks.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
Tell you what I did over in Chattanooga—in red-hot midsummer, too, said Flick, in a burst of confidence.
The Woman Gives|Owen Johnson
Five thousand pounds were sent to keep things going until Midsummer, and out of this Sidney was to pay the soldiers.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3)|Richard Bagwell
The two queens—one at the dawn, the other in the midsummer of life—presented at this moment the utmost contrast.
Catherine de' Medici|Honore de Balzac

British Dictionary definitions for midsummer

midsummer

/ (ˈmɪdˈsʌmə) /

noun

the middle or height of the summer
(as modifier)a midsummer carnival

another name for summer solstice

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