seedtime
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of seedtime
before 1000; Middle English; Old English sǣdtīma. See seed, time
Example Sentences
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To understand it, we need to go back to what can accurately be termed the seedtime of sexism.
From Salon • Oct. 23, 2022
Eliot, Perse tells of the seedtime of history.
From Time Magazine Archive
The seedtime of life is too short, and its hours are too few, to spend in baffling detraction.
From True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin by Pierce, H. Winthrop
The five intercalary years between Ramsay's commencing in business on his own account and his marriage, were those which may properly be designated his intellectual seedtime.
From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.
From Luther's Small Catechism Explained in Questions and Answers by Sverdrup, H. U.
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