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midwinter

[ noun mid-win-ter, -win-; adjective mid-win-ter ]

noun

  1. the middle of winter.
  2. the winter solstice, around December 22.


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or occurring in the middle of the winter.

midwinter

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noun

    1. the middle or depth of the winter
    2. ( as modifier )

      a midwinter festival

  1. another name for winter solstice
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of midwinter1

before 1150; Middle English, Old English; mid 1, winter
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As a result, vegetation that would typically be full of water by midwinter instead remained parched.

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The ground in November is not as cold as it would be in midwinter so some of the snow hitting the roads will probably melt, though larger accumulations could gather on colder grassy surfaces.

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At the other end of the world, scientists living in Antarctica throw their annual midwinter feast to commemorate the longest, darkest night on the continent.

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What a wonderful and thoughtful end to a sunny midwinter day and the start of a beautiful full-moon evening!

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With most of the Bay Area receiving double the average rainfall by the midwinter of 1997-98, “a number of slow-moving landslides were activated†that winter and into spring, according to the U.S.

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