midsummer
Americannoun
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the middle of summer.
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the summer solstice, around June 21.
noun
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the middle or height of the summer
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( as modifier )
a midsummer carnival
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another name for summer solstice
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Etymology
Origin of midsummer
before 900; Middle English, Old English midsumer. See mid 1, summer 1
Vocabulary lists containing midsummer
Example Sentences
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However, for those in the northern hemisphere, it is generally recognised as the midsummer date with the longest amount of daylight and the shortest period of darkness.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
He says she was working on evicting her son before she left on a midsummer trip to Norway.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
A softer print would support the idea that the midsummer spike has already passed through the system.
From Barron's • Nov. 24, 2025
As late as midsummer, he was still running advertisements for the concert, which didn’t sell out until the waning days of July 1965.
From Salon • Aug. 15, 2025
The midsummer sky was already beginning to lighten in the east, and that was the way that Bod began to walk: down the hill, towards the living people, and the city, and the dawn.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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