Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The fifth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. See Table at calendar.
- n. The springtime of life; youth.
- n. The celebration of May Day.
- CapeMay A peninsula of southern New Jersey between the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay. The southern tip forms Cape May Point.
Wiktionary
- n. The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June.
- n. The hawthorn or its blossoms (as it blooms in May)
- n. A female given name, pet name for Mary and Margaret, reinforced by the month and plant meaning.
- n. A surname.
Etymologies
- From Middle English, from Old English, from Old French mai, from Latin māius ("Maia's month"), from Maia, a Roman earth goddess, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *magya, she who is great, from Proto-Indo-European base *meg-, great (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old French Mai, from Latin Māius (mēnsis), (the month) of Maia, from Māia, an Italic goddess; see meg- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Promoted to Headline (H3) on 2/20/09: Obama's 'Seven Days in May' Moment yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Obama\'s \'Seven Days in May\' Moment '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: The current Republican strategy appears to be to hobble the Obama administration out of the gate, have it stumble forward through a deteriorating economy and collapse before the 2010 and 2012 elections, enabling the GOP to retake control of the government.”
“Promoted to Headline (H2) on 10/16/08: Meet the Protester Who 'May Have Received a Minor Injury' at the Hofstra Debate yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Meet the Protester Who \'May Have Received a Minor Injury\' at the Hofstra Debate '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: The mainstream media play down the fact that 10 of the 15 protestors arrested at last night\'s debate were Iraq veterans.”
Meet the Protester Who 'May Have Received a Minor Injury' at the Hofstra Debate
“Theresa May sorry for the unintentional pun here may be the Tory MP for Maidenhead, but Teresa May* on the other hand is a UK porn star.”
“[June appears at the further end of the garden, coming slowly towards May, who, seeing her, exclaims] _May.”
“May -- that being the day on which Theseus had intercepted the duel, -- then the entry into Athens of the rival companies would take place on {203} (Sunday) the second, and the sacrifices and feasting on the _third of May_, the last of the Floralia.”
“Minister Yukio Hatoyama reiterated Monday his government's intention to decide by May where to relocate the Futenma U.S. S.n. Inouye urges Japan to settle Futemma relocation issue by May+”
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“This passage might be read, "which is in this country in May:" _lequel commence en ces pays là est en May_.”
“•May 11, Monday, and May 16, Saturday, 9: 30 a.m., healing Mass at Kamay ni Hesus;”
“•May 25, Monday, and May 30, Saturday, 9: 30 a.m., healing Mass at Kamay ni Hesus (with another healing Mass at 5: 30 p.m., at the Graceland Estates, Tayabas, Quezon); and”
“The seventh on May 20, the next eight at the average interval of 9 1/2 days.] _Sunday, May_ 14.”
Lists
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EN - 3-letter words of the pattern CVC
With the exception of abbreviations and mosaic words all types of words (proper names, past tense of verbs, etc.) are allowed.
for, was, not, his, but, has, had, can, her, him, new, now and 339 more...
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Capitonyms or capitonyms
Capitonyms are, properly, words which change meaning and sound when they change case. This particular list may also erringly include words which change meaning, but not sound. These are improper. S...
Turkey, turkey, China, china, August, august, Bill, bill, Catholic, catholic, Ionic, ionic and 94 more...
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