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Midsummer

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mid·sum·mer

[mid-suhm-er, -suhm-] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	the middle of summer.

2.	the summer solstice, around June 21.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME, OE midsumer. See mid¹, summer¹

]

—Related forms

mid·sum·mer·y, adjective

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mid·sum·mer (mĭd'sŭm'ər) Pronunciation Key
n.

The middle of the summer.
The summer solstice, about June 21.

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midsummer

O.E. midsumor, from mid "mid" + sumor "summer." Midsummer Day, as an English quarter-day, was June 24. Astronomically June 21, but traditionally reckoned in Europe on the night of June 23-24.

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midsummer
noun
June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point [syn: summer solstice] [ant: winter solstice]

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Midsummer

Mid"sum`mer\, n. [AS. midsumor.] The middle of summer. --Shak.

Midsummer daisy (Bot.), the oxeye daisy.

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