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Sylvester, n.2|ˈsɪlvɪstə(r), sɪlˈvɛstə(r)|
[Proper name.]
St. Sylvester's day, Dec. 31. Sylvester-eve, Sylvester-night [G. Sylvesterabend], the evening or night of Dec. 31, New Year's Eve.
1838S. Jackson tr. Strauss' Remin. Early Life Lutheran Clergyman i. 50, I have never been able to feel joyful on Sylvester-eve, when I have spent it wholly in company. 1852Thackeray Esmond ii. vii, And so the sylvester night passed away. 1866Engel Nat. Mus. viii. 276 In the villages of Northern Germany, it is not unusual for the cow⁓herd,..at midnight of Sylvester, to..sing a sacred hymn. |