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midyear en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-der.? Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥der. Proto-Germanic *jērą Proto-West Germanic *jār Old English ġēar Middle English yeer English year English midyear From mid- + year.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The middle part of a year.
2. (countable) An examination taken in the middle part of an academic year.
   • “I thought, Thomas,” remarked Clements, crossing his fat legs, “you were out in Havana interviewing palm-climbing fishermen?” / “Well, I’ll be on my way after midyears,” said Professor Thomas. “Of course, most of the actual field work has been done already by others.” 1957 March 7, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 6.7, in Pnin, Heinemann, page 155:

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