Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Summer-time.
  • Of or pertaining to summer-time.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Summer time.

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  • noun dated Summertime.

Etymologies

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summer +‎ tide

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Examples

  • The forest was dark, not a leaf was moving; there were none of the vague, fresh gleams of summertide.

    Les Miserables 2008

  • Nevermore in summertide nor in the days of May bare he within his heart such lofty joy as now he gained, when hand in hand he walked with her whom he fain would call his love.

    The Nibelungenlied 2007

  • Such a summertide, so beautiful and so brief, was accorded to Oscar Wilde before the final desolation.

    Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions 2007

  • Soon after the expiry of this season of ‘Sprouting seeds’ follows summertide, and us plants in general then wither and the god of flowers resigns his throne, it is compulsory to feast him at some entertainment, previous to his departure.

    Hung Lou Meng 2003

  • It was high summertide, and Abbot Hans 'garden was so full of flowers that the eyes were fairly dazzled by the blues, reds, and yellows, as one looked into it.

    Christmas in Legend and Story A Book for Boys and Girls Elva S. Smith

  • Nevermore in summertide nor in the days of May bare he within his heart such lofty joy as now he gained, when hand in hand he walked with her whom he fain would call his love.

    The Nibelungenlied Daniel Bussier Shumway

  • Soon after the expiry of this season of 'Sprouting seeds' follows summertide, and us plants in general then wither and the god of flowers resigns his throne, it is compulsory to feast him at some entertainment, previous to his departure.

    Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

  • And there in the bronzing summertide he thanked the gods for his wife.

    Ballads of a Cheechako 1916

  • Such a summertide, so beautiful and so brief, was accorded to Oscar Wilde before the final desolation.

    Oscar Wilde Harris, Frank 1916

  • It was high summertide, and Abbot Hans 'garden was so full of flowers that the eyes were fairly dazzled by the blues, reds, and yellows, as one looked into it.

    The Girl from the Marsh Croft 1910

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