Definition of Midwinter

1. Noun. The middle of winter.

Generic synonyms: Period, Period Of Time, Time Period
Group relationships: Winter, Wintertime

Definition of Midwinter

1. n. The middle of winter.

Definition of Midwinter

1. Noun. The middle of winter. ¹

2. Noun. The winter solstice; about December 21st or 22nd. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Midwinter

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Midwinter

midways
midweek
midweekly
midweeks
midweight
midwestern
midwestern united states
midwicket
midwife
midwife toad
midwifed
midwiferies
midwifery
midwifes
midwifing
midwinter (current term)
midwinters
midwive
midwived
midwives
midwiving
midyear
midyears
mielie
mielies
mien
miens
mierkat
miersite
mieve

Literary usage of Midwinter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Armadale by Wilkie Collins (1866)
"midwinter IN DISGUISE. TOWARD noon on the day of the twenty-first Miss Milroy was loitering in the cottage garden —released from duty in the sick-room by an ..."

2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1894)
"EXHIBIT Aï midwinter FAIR. The horticultural and entomological exhibit of the State Board of Horticulture at the midwinter Exposition was probably the most ..."

3. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1894)
"ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE midwinter FAIR. BY ALLEN H. BABCOCK. The LICK Observatory exhibit at the World's Fair of 1893, in Chicago, was composed of ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1894)
"THE CHEMICAL midwinter FAIR CONGRESS AT SAN FRANCISCO. The great success of the international congress held in connection with the World's Fair at Chicago, ..."

5. Literary California, Poetry, Prose and Portraits by Ella Sterling Mighels (1918)
"BENEFITS OF THE midwinter EXPOSITION Now that the California midwinter International Exposition has been successfully launched, it is far more interesting ..."

6. Songs of Three Centuries by John Greenleaf Whittier (1875)
"midwinter. midwinter comes to-morrow My welcome guest to be ; White-haired, wide-winged sorrow, ..."

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