Midsummer Day

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. the saint's day of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, being one of the four quarter days in England.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Midsummer Day¹

before 1150; Middle English, Old English

Example Sentences

I've had a charming afternoon all by myself and wandered all over the hillside, dreaming midsummer day-dreams.

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It was December 21 and Midsummer Day, so we concluded that the spot would be a very chilly one in the winter.

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I was fifteen years and a half old when I became an apprentice to the forester, on Midsummer Day 1797.

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She had realized her doom for the first time in its entirety on the Midsummer Day preceding that we are now describing.

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On the night of Midsummer Day, 1793, the town of Ramsey held high festival.

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