yuletide en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Yule (“Germanic Winter Festival”) + -tide (“period around a festival, season”); compare Swedish juletid.
Meanings
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(alt-of, countable, uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Yuletide (“Christmas or the Christmas season”).
alt of Yuletide
During nearly 20 years of marriage, our Christmas decor rollout has grown – from a single hatbox of ornaments and lights to seven substantial cartons, filled with yuletide stuff that my wife has accumulated on a trail from Vienna through Saks Fifth Avenue to the Texas Hill country.
2004 November 27, Robert V. Camuto, “Old World Holiday: It’s All Marketing”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2026:
- (countable, uncountable) The flower Camellia sasanqua, native to Japan and nearby islands.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| yuletides | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua) · Christmastide (Christmas season)