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midwinter en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɪdˌwɪntə(ɹ)/
- /ˌmɪdˈwɪntə(ɹ)/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English midwinter, mydwinter, mydwynter, from Old English midwinter, from Proto-West Germanic *midiwintru, from Proto-Germanic *midjawintruz (“midwinter”), equivalent to mid- + winter. Cognate with West Frisian midwinter (“midwinter”), Dutch midwinter (“midwinter”), German Mittwinter (“midwinter”), Danish midvinter (“midwinter”), Swedish midvinter (“midwinter”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or occurring in the middle of winter.
When my son was born, a midwinter child, he cried pitifully at the ward's lights, and settled to sleep only when he was laid in a big pram with a black hood under a black umbrella.
2004 January 16, Kathleen Jamie, “Into the dark”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Sep 2019:Except for the mid-winter period, when the 11.30 a.m. from Paddington and its opposite number will be withdrawn - Torquay now has seven daily expresses to and from Paddington as compared with five down and six up previously.
1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 590:There is aid at hand in the tourist’s personal war midwinter fatigue and ennui—airlines serving the Caribbean islands are at odds with each other’s tariffs, and their competitive juggling of schedules and prices benefits the tourist.
1965 January 17, “Midwinter Vacations 1965”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:For more than a century, groundhogs have been midwinter luminaries, scampering into the spotlight on February 2 to divine whether the second half of the season will be cold or mild.
2016 February 1, Lisa Rose, “Punxsutawney Phil: Friend or foe? A Groundhog Day investigation”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2016:
Forms
midwinter en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɪdˌwɪntə(ɹ)/
- /ˌmɪdˈwɪntə(ɹ)/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English midwinter, mydwinter, mydwynter, from Old English midwinter, from Proto-West Germanic *midiwintru, from Proto-Germanic *midjawintruz (“midwinter”), equivalent to mid- + winter. Cognate with West Frisian midwinter (“midwinter”), Dutch midwinter (“midwinter”), German Mittwinter (“midwinter”), Danish midvinter (“midwinter”), Swedish midvinter (“midwinter”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The middle of winter.
IN midwinter the shadow that hung over John gathered into storm-cloud.
1913, William J[ohn] Locke, chapter XIV, in Stella Maris, London: John Lane, The Bodley Head; […], →OCLC, page 184:
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(countable, uncountable) The winter solstice; about December 21st or 22nd.
Forms
Antonyms
midsummer
Deriveds
midwinter night · midwinter's day · midwinter eve · midwinter even · mid-winterly · midwinter day · midwinter's eve · mid-wintry · midwinter's night · midwinter month · midwinter's tide · midwinter tide · midwinter's even
Translations (30)
pt pleno inverno (the middle of winter) · fi talvipäivänseisaus (the winter solstice) · de Wintersonnenwende (the winter solstice) · cmn 冬至 (the winter solstice) · ka შუა ზამთარი (the middle of winter) · de only circumlocutions (the middle of winter) · ru зимнее солнцестоя́ние (the winter solstice) · sv vintersolstånd (the winter solstice) · fr milieu de l'hiver (the middle of winter) · es pleno invierno (the middle of winter) · ja 真冬 (the middle of winter) · pl środek zimy (the middle of winter) · nv haiʼííłnííʼ (the middle of winter) · ro miezul iernii (the middle of winter) · pl przesilenie zimowe (the winter solstice) · pt solstício do inverno (the winter solstice) · fr solstice d'hiver (the winter solstice) · mi Maruaroa o te Takurua (the middle of winter) · mi whaturua (the middle of winter) · nl midwinter (the winter solstice) · ru середи́на зимы (the middle of winter) · de Mitte des Winters (the middle of winter) · bg зимно слънцестоене (the winter solstice) · fi keskitalvi (the middle of winter) · sv midvinter (the middle of winter) · cy canol gaeaf (the middle of winter) · gd leth a' gheamhraidh (the middle of winter) · nl midwinter (the middle of winter) · cmn 隆冬 (the middle of winter) · ka შუაგული ზამთარი (the middle of winter)