Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. See Table at calendar.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The first month of the year, according to present and the later Roman reckoning, consisting of thirty-one days. Abbreviated Jan.
Wiktionary
- n. The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February. Abbreviation: Jan or Jan.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The first month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
Etymologies
- Re-Latinized from Middle English Ieneuer, from Anglo-Norman genever, from Latin iānuārius ("(month) of Janus"), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European base *ei-, "to go". (Wiktionary)
- Middle English Januarie, Jenever, from Old North French Jenever, from Latin Iānuārius (mēnsis), (month) of Janus, from Iānus, Janus; see ei- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“January 25, 1560, in which the Duke curries favour with Francis II., and encloses his blank bond, un blanc scelle, offering to send his children to France. {280b} _On January_ 28, the Regent writes from Scotland to de”
“January hangs a guard in front of the fire, and opens to February, who appears with a bunch of snowdrops in her hand.] _January.”
“Your garlic in January is just about as crazy as the peas growing in my garden in October!”
“I was a tourist visiting Fiji in January from the US, and loved your country.”
Global Voices in English » Fiji: Bloggers debate media censorship
“To be playing in January is pretty shocking for me.”
“• Cartoonist Patrick O'Connor, who was laid off in January from the Los Angeles Daily News, is now providing illustrations for the op-ed page of the Los Angeles Times. (via The Daily Cartoonist) • Chuck Rozanski, owner of Mile High Comics, responds at length to recent accusations on Examiner. com that the Colorado retail chain has "lost touch with comic fans.”
“The resurrected version of the venerable soul food restaurant which closed in January, is nearby and on a grander scale.”
“In fact the mean temperture of Vancouver in January is 38 degrees making it the warmest city ever to hold a Winter Olympics.”
Think Progress » After warmest January in history, Vancouver airlifts in snow for Winter Olympics.
“His new book, forthcoming in January, is "Lastingness: The Art of Old Age.”
“The Democratic caucus that will return to Capitol Hill in January is likely to be more liberal than before, after some of its most moderate and conservative members were wiped out Tuesday.”
The Washington Post: Once again, the electorate demanded a new start
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