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Whit⋅sun

  [hwit-suhn, wit-]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to Whitsunday or Whitsuntide.
–noun
2. Whitsunday or Whitsuntide.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME Whitsone(n), shortening of whitsonenday (by analysis as whitsonen-day); see Whitsunday
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Whit·sun   (hwĭt'sən, wĭt'-)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or observed on Whitsunday or at Whitsuntide.

[Middle English whitsone, back-formation from whitsonday, Whitsunday; see Whitsunday.]
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