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Definition of Mid-August
1. Noun. The middle part of August.
Definition of Mid-August
1. Noun. Any time in the middle of August. ¹
2. Adjective. Happening in the middle of August. ¹
3. Adverb. In the middle of August. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mid-August
Literary usage of Mid-August
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Apples of New York by Spencer Ambrose Beach, Nathaniel Ogden Booth, Orrin Morehouse Taylor (1905)
"... crisp, tender, moderately juicy to juicy, agreeable subacid. slightly aromatic,
good. Season mid-August to mid-September. BOSKOOP. REFERENCES. ..."
2. The War in the Far East, 1904-1905 by Charles à Court Repington (1905)
"... THE SITUATION IN mid-August WE have at last reached the crisis of the great
campaign in Manchuria, and decisive operations are impending. ..."
3. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1908)
"... it occurs in Piedmont—from end of July to mid-August in the Certosa ...
also in mid- August in the Pellice Valley (Tutt), at the beginning of August in ..."
4. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1908)
"Their seasonal occurrence is mostly in summer and fall, triops having been taken
commonly from mid-August to early October, palustris, in marshes only, ..."
5. Lundy's Lane: And Other Poems by Duncan Campbell Scott (1916)
"... crosses With her flowerless vine; In fragile melancholy The pallid ghost
flowers hover As if to guard and cover The shadow of a shrine. mid-August ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"The return movement from the north is initiated by the appearance of the White
Wagtail upon our coasts from mid-August onwards. The earliest date I have is ..."
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