Decembern.

Brit.

/dᵻˈsɛmbə/, U.S.

/diˈsɛmbər/,

/dəˈsɛmbər/

Forms: Old English– December, Middle English Decembir, Middle English Decembyr, Middle English Descember, Middle English Descembre, Middle English–1500s Decembre, 1500s–1600s Desember; Scottish pre-1700 Decembir, pre-1700 Descemar, pre-1700 Desember, pre-1700 Discembar, pre-1700 Discembre, pre-1700 Dissember, pre-1700 Dissymbre, pre-1700 1700s– December. Also represented by the abbreviations Dec, Dec., Dec^r, Decem., Decemb, Decemb^r., X^ber, X^br, X^bre, 10^ber, 10^br, 10^bre.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin December; French decembre.

Etymology: Originally < classical Latin December (see below); subsequently reinforced by Anglo-Norman december, Anglo-Norman and Old French decembre (1119; Middle French decembre , French décembre ) < classical Latin Decembr- , December , use as noun (short for mēnsis December ) of masculine of December of December < decem ten (see decem- comb. form; the tenth month of the year in the ancient Roman calendar) + -ber (also -bris), suffix of uncertain origin, occurring in the names of months. Compare Old Occitan dezembre (13th cent.), Catalan desembre (late 13th cent.), Spanish diciembre (first half of the 13th cent. as deziembre), Portuguese dezembro (13th cent.), Italian dicembre (1211 as deciembre); also Middle Dutch december (Dutch december), Middle High German december (German Dezember), Old Swedish december (Swedish december).On the development of the ancient Roman calendar see note at September n. In Old English and Middle English texts, Latin December (and variants) is often used for the month (in Old English sometimes alongside the vernacular names Ǣrra Gēola , Gēolmōnað ; compare also midwinter month n.), e.g.:OE Menologium 220 Þænne folcum bringð morgen to mannum monað to tune, Decembris drihta bearnum, Ærra Iula.OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Corpus Cambr. 196) Dec. 261 Se monað ys nemned on Leden Decembris, and on ure geþeode se Ærra Geola.a1450 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe i. §10. 6 Next the cercle of the dayes folweth the Cercle of the names of the Monthes; þat is to sayen, Ianuare, Februare..Novembre, Decembre.

The twelfth and final month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, containing 31 days and falling after November.Also figurative and personified, with reference to December's position at the end of the year and its cold weather.In the northern hemisphere the winter solstice occurs in December, which is now usually regarded as the first month of winter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > specific months > [noun] > December

DecemberOE

xr1624

Dec.-

OE Tables of Lucky & Unlucky Days (Vitell. E.xviii) in K. Malone & M. B. Ruud Stud. Eng. Philol. in Honor of F. Klaeber (1929) 273 Þæt is..se forma mon[andæg on A]gustusmonðe, and se æftemesta monandæg on Decembres monðe, ær he gange of tune.

OE Tables of Lucky & Unlucky Days (Corpus Cambr. 391) in K. Malone & M. B. Ruud Stud. in Eng. Philol. in Honor of F. Klaeber (1929) 260 Þæt is an þære daga on æftewardan Decembre, and ii on forewardan Ianuarii þam monðe.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 8440 (MED) Þe endleueþe dai of decembre þe toun hii wonne so.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 24916 Þat moneth Þat man clepes o þe yeir Decembre [a1400 Coll. Phys. December, a1400 Gött. Decembir, a1400 Fairf. descembre].

1468 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 20 Written at London, 9 of December.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 24^v O dirtie December For Chriestmas remember.

1593 T. Morley Madrigals, ‘Aprill is my mistris face’ Within her bosom is September, But in her heart a cold December.

a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) i. ii. 8 Don't you see December in her face?

1775 N. W. Wraxall Cursory Remarks Tour N. Europe 88 The weather, which..was become in a few hours as cold and piercing as our Decembers.

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. xxi. 22 Alike to him was time, or tide, December's snow, or July's pride.

1838 J. D. Canning Poems 159 December comes wrapp'd in his snows, Stormy and cold, and white with frosty breath.

1899 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 3 3 On December 25 the shortest day is past, and the day begins to wax again.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 356 Marry in May and repent in December.

1997 Boxing News 19 Dec. 12/1 He turned 38 on December 11.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as December day, December lover, December month, etc.

ΚΠ

OE Tables of Lucky & Unlucky Days (Corpus Cambr. 391) in K. Malone & M. B. Ruud Stud. in Eng. Philol. in Honor of F. Klaeber (1929) 273 Þæt is..se æftemæste monandæg on Decembermonað, ær he gange of tune.

a1425 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1912) 128 288 (MED) December þonder toneth plente of all gode and loue and pes a-mong all men.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 261 Or wallow naked in December snow.

a1679 Earl of Orrery Guzman (1693) iii Were our Hearts as much mortified as those December-Lovers Looks!

1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies iv. 149 Pleasant December days.

2001 Today's Pilot Feb. 16/1 It was a clear, crisp December day, simply made for flying, and my mount for the morning's flying was a very clean 152 Trainer.

C2.

December moth n. a greyish-brown Eurasian moth, Poecilocampa populi (family Lasiocampidae), which flies in late autumn and early winter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Lasiocampidae > poecilocampa populi (December moth)

December moth1766

1766 M. Harris Aurelian 66 The December-Moth, is indeed hairy.

1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 38 The December Moth (Pœcilocampa Populi..) appears in December.

1909 F. V. Theobald Insect & Other Allied Pests 34 The December Moth... The natural food plants of this insect in its caterpillar stage are poplar, lime, oak,..aspen and whitethorn.

2005 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 25 Feb. 8 Apart from a few unusual species such as the December moth that flies on winter nights,..most moths and many butterflies pass the winter as pupae.

Derivatives

Deˈcemberish adj. resembling or characteristic of December; esp. cold, dark, or dreary.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing

darkOE

unmerryOE

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dolefulc1275

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dreicha1300

coolc1350

cloudyc1374

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unconsolatory1760

unjolly1764

Decemberly1765

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Decemberish1793

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leadening1835

unsportful1837

demoralizing1840

Novemberish1840

frigid1844

morne1844

tragic1848

wet-blanketty1848

morgue1850

ungladdeneda1851

adusk1856

smileless1858

soul-sick1858

Novemberya1864

saturnine1863

down1873

lacklustre1883

Heaven-abandoneda1907

downbeat1952

doomy1967

1793 R. Burns Let. 15 Dec. (2003) II. 267 I am in a compleat Decemberish humour, gloomy, sullen, stupid.

1822 A. Cunningham Sir Marmaduke Maxwell ii. iii. 35 Thou'rt welcome as the May-flower—though thy locks Have a Decemberish look.

1953 A. L. Rowse Diaries (2003) 162 The trees now stripped so that the boles gleamed in the gathering Decemberish darkness.

1998 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 6 Dec. f3 The store relies heavily on pedestrian traffic, and although the weather this past week hasn't exactly been Decemberish, it has been good for walking.

Deˈcemberly adj. now rare. = Decemberish adj.; also as adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing

darkOE

unmerryOE

deathlyc1225

dolefulc1275

elengec1275

dreicha1300

coolc1350

cloudyc1374

sada1375

colda1400

deadlya1400

joylessc1400

unjoyful?c1400

disconsolatea1413

mournfula1425

funeralc1425

uncheerfulc1449

dolent1489

dolesome1533

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glum1558

ungladsome1558

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dern1570

plaintive?1570

glummish1573

cheerless1575

comfortless1576

wintry1579

glummy1580

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discouraging1584

dernful?1591

murk1596

recomfortless1596

sullen1597

amating1600

lugubrious1601

dusky1602

sable1603

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damping1607

mortifying1611

tearful?1611

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dulsome1613

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uncheerly1627

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unheartsome1637

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darksome1649

sadding1649

saddening1650

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mestifical1656

tristifical1656

sooty1657

dreary1667

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muzzy1728

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unconsolatory1760

unjolly1764

Decemberly1765

sombre1768

uncouthie1768

depressing1772

unmirthful1782

sombrous1789

disanimating1791

Decemberish1793

grey1794

uncheering1796

ungenial1796

uncomforting1798

disencouraginga1806

stern1812

chilling1815

uncheered1817

dejecting1818

mopey1821

desponding1828

wisht1829

leadening1835

unsportful1837

demoralizing1840

Novemberish1840

frigid1844

morne1844

tragic1848

wet-blanketty1848

morgue1850

ungladdeneda1851

adusk1856

smileless1858

soul-sick1858

Novemberya1864

saturnine1863

down1873

lacklustre1883

Heaven-abandoneda1907

downbeat1952

doomy1967

1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. ix. 25 In the many bleak and decemberly nights of a seven years widowhood.

1790 R. Burns Let. 6 Dec. (1985) II. 63 I hope that you take care that the sweet little Floweret is properly sheltered in this nipping Decemberly weather.

1839 Mail (Hagers-Town, Maryland) 20 Dec. 1/3 When the cold Decemberly evenings shall arrive.

1910 Times 24 Dec. 14/3 At auction things have been of late rather ‘dull and Decemberly’.

1950 Kingsport (Tennessee) Times-News 23 Apr. It should be that way over twelve months and not just when the sun is Decemberly pale.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	december
释义	Decembern. Brit. /dᵻˈsɛmbə/, U.S. /diˈsɛmbər/, /dəˈsɛmbər/ Forms: Old English– December, Middle English Decembir, Middle English Decembyr, Middle English Descember, Middle English Descembre, Middle English–1500s Decembre, 1500s–1600s Desember; Scottish pre-1700 Decembir, pre-1700 Descemar, pre-1700 Desember, pre-1700 Discembar, pre-1700 Discembre, pre-1700 Dissember, pre-1700 Dissymbre, pre-1700 1700s– December. Also represented by the abbreviations Dec, Dec., Dec^r, Decem., Decemb, Decemb^r., X^ber, X^br, X^bre, 10^ber, 10^br, 10^bre. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin December; French decembre. Etymology: Originally < classical Latin December (see below); subsequently reinforced by Anglo-Norman december, Anglo-Norman and Old French decembre (1119; Middle French decembre , French décembre ) < classical Latin Decembr- , December , use as noun (short for mēnsis December ) of masculine of December of December < decem ten (see decem- comb. form; the tenth month of the year in the ancient Roman calendar) + -ber (also -bris), suffix of uncertain origin, occurring in the names of months. Compare Old Occitan dezembre (13th cent.), Catalan desembre (late 13th cent.), Spanish diciembre (first half of the 13th cent. as deziembre), Portuguese dezembro (13th cent.), Italian dicembre (1211 as deciembre); also Middle Dutch december (Dutch december), Middle High German december (German Dezember), Old Swedish december (Swedish december).On the development of the ancient Roman calendar see note at September n. In Old English and Middle English texts, Latin December (and variants) is often used for the month (in Old English sometimes alongside the vernacular names Ǣrra Gēola , Gēolmōnað ; compare also midwinter month n.), e.g.:OE Menologium 220 Þænne folcum bringð morgen to mannum monað to tune, Decembris drihta bearnum, Ærra Iula.OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Corpus Cambr. 196) Dec. 261 Se monað ys nemned on Leden Decembris, and on ure geþeode se Ærra Geola.a1450 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe i. §10. 6 Next the cercle of the dayes folweth the Cercle of the names of the Monthes; þat is to sayen, Ianuare, Februare..Novembre, Decembre. The twelfth and final month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, containing 31 days and falling after November.Also figurative and personified, with reference to December's position at the end of the year and its cold weather.In the northern hemisphere the winter solstice occurs in December, which is now usually regarded as the first month of winter. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > specific months > [noun] > December DecemberOE xr1624 Dec.- OE Tables of Lucky & Unlucky Days (Vitell. E.xviii) in K. Malone & M. B. Ruud Stud. Eng. Philol. in Honor of F. Klaeber (1929) 273 Þæt is..se forma mon[andæg on A]gustusmonðe, and se æftemesta monandæg on Decembres monðe, ær he gange of tune. OE Tables of Lucky & Unlucky Days (Corpus Cambr. 391) in K. Malone & M. B. Ruud Stud. in Eng. Philol. in Honor of F. Klaeber (1929) 260 Þæt is an þære daga on æftewardan Decembre, and ii on forewardan Ianuarii þam monðe. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 8440 (MED) Þe endleueþe dai of decembre þe toun hii wonne so. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 24916 Þat moneth Þat man clepes o þe yeir Decembre [a1400 Coll. Phys. December, a1400 Gött. Decembir, a1400 Fairf. descembre]. 1468 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 20 Written at London, 9 of December. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 24^v O dirtie December For Chriestmas remember. 1593 T. Morley Madrigals, ‘Aprill is my mistris face’ Within her bosom is September, But in her heart a cold December. a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) i. ii. 8 Don't you see December in her face? 1775 N. W. Wraxall Cursory Remarks Tour N. Europe 88 The weather, which..was become in a few hours as cold and piercing as our Decembers. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. xxi. 22 Alike to him was time, or tide, December's snow, or July's pride. 1838 J. D. Canning Poems 159 December comes wrapp'd in his snows, Stormy and cold, and white with frosty breath. 1899 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 3 3 On December 25 the shortest day is past, and the day begins to wax again. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 356 Marry in May and repent in December. 1997 Boxing News 19 Dec. 12/1 He turned 38 on December 11. Compounds C1. General attributive, as December day, December lover, December month, etc. ΚΠ OE Tables of Lucky & Unlucky Days (Corpus Cambr. 391) in K. Malone & M. B. Ruud Stud. in Eng. Philol. in Honor of F. Klaeber (1929) 273 Þæt is..se æftemæste monandæg on Decembermonað, ær he gange of tune. a1425 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1912) 128 288 (MED) December þonder toneth plente of all gode and loue and pes a-mong all men. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 261 Or wallow naked in December snow. View more context for this quotation a1679 Earl of Orrery Guzman (1693) iii Were our Hearts as much mortified as those December-Lovers Looks! 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies iv. 149 Pleasant December days. 2001 Today's Pilot Feb. 16/1 It was a clear, crisp December day, simply made for flying, and my mount for the morning's flying was a very clean 152 Trainer. C2. December moth n. a greyish-brown Eurasian moth, Poecilocampa populi (family Lasiocampidae), which flies in late autumn and early winter. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Lasiocampidae > poecilocampa populi (December moth) December moth1766 1766 M. Harris Aurelian 66 The December-Moth, is indeed hairy. 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 38 The December Moth (Pœcilocampa Populi..) appears in December. 1909 F. V. Theobald Insect & Other Allied Pests 34 The December Moth... The natural food plants of this insect in its caterpillar stage are poplar, lime, oak,..aspen and whitethorn. 2005 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 25 Feb. 8 Apart from a few unusual species such as the December moth that flies on winter nights,..most moths and many butterflies pass the winter as pupae. Derivatives Deˈcemberish adj. resembling or characteristic of December; esp. cold, dark, or dreary. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing darkOE unmerryOE deathlyc1225 dolefulc1275 elengec1275 dreicha1300 coolc1350 cloudyc1374 sada1375 colda1400 deadlya1400 joylessc1400 unjoyful?c1400 disconsolatea1413 mournfula1425 funeralc1425 uncheerfulc1449 dolent1489 dolesome1533 heavy-hearted1555 glum1558 ungladsome1558 black1562 pleasureless1567 dern1570 plaintive?1570 glummish1573 cheerless1575 comfortless1576 wintry1579 glummy1580 funebral1581 discouraging1584 dernful?1591 murk1596 recomfortless1596 sullen1597 amating1600 lugubrious1601 dusky1602 sable1603 funebrial1604 damping1607 mortifying1611 tearful?1611 uncouth1611 dulsome1613 luctual1613 dismal1617 winterous1617 unked1620 mopish1621 godforsaken?1623 uncheerly1627 funebrious1630 lugubrous1632 drearisome1633 unheartsome1637 feral1641 drear1645 darksome1649 sadding1649 saddening1650 disheartening1654 funebrous1654 luctiferous1656 mestifical1656 tristifical1656 sooty1657 dreary1667 tenebrose1677 clouded1682 tragicala1700 funereal1707 gloomy1710 sepulchrala1711 dumpishc1717 bleaka1719 depressive1727 lugubre1727 muzzy1728 dispiriting1733 uncheery1760 unconsolatory1760 unjolly1764 Decemberly1765 sombre1768 uncouthie1768 depressing1772 unmirthful1782 sombrous1789 disanimating1791 Decemberish1793 grey1794 uncheering1796 ungenial1796 uncomforting1798 disencouraginga1806 stern1812 chilling1815 uncheered1817 dejecting1818 mopey1821 desponding1828 wisht1829 leadening1835 unsportful1837 demoralizing1840 Novemberish1840 frigid1844 morne1844 tragic1848 wet-blanketty1848 morgue1850 ungladdeneda1851 adusk1856 smileless1858 soul-sick1858 Novemberya1864 saturnine1863 down1873 lacklustre1883 Heaven-abandoneda1907 downbeat1952 doomy1967 1793 R. Burns Let. 15 Dec. (2003) II. 267 I am in a compleat Decemberish humour, gloomy, sullen, stupid. 1822 A. Cunningham Sir Marmaduke Maxwell ii. iii. 35 Thou'rt welcome as the May-flower—though thy locks Have a Decemberish look. 1953 A. L. Rowse Diaries (2003) 162 The trees now stripped so that the boles gleamed in the gathering Decemberish darkness. 1998 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 6 Dec. f3 The store relies heavily on pedestrian traffic, and although the weather this past week hasn't exactly been Decemberish, it has been good for walking. Deˈcemberly adj. now rare. = Decemberish adj.; also as adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing darkOE unmerryOE deathlyc1225 dolefulc1275 elengec1275 dreicha1300 coolc1350 cloudyc1374 sada1375 colda1400 deadlya1400 joylessc1400 unjoyful?c1400 disconsolatea1413 mournfula1425 funeralc1425 uncheerfulc1449 dolent1489 dolesome1533 heavy-hearted1555 glum1558 ungladsome1558 black1562 pleasureless1567 dern1570 plaintive?1570 glummish1573 cheerless1575 comfortless1576 wintry1579 glummy1580 funebral1581 discouraging1584 dernful?1591 murk1596 recomfortless1596 sullen1597 amating1600 lugubrious1601 dusky1602 sable1603 funebrial1604 damping1607 mortifying1611 tearful?1611 uncouth1611 dulsome1613 luctual1613 dismal1617 winterous1617 unked1620 mopish1621 godforsaken?1623 uncheerly1627 funebrious1630 lugubrous1632 drearisome1633 unheartsome1637 feral1641 drear1645 darksome1649 sadding1649 saddening1650 disheartening1654 funebrous1654 luctiferous1656 mestifical1656 tristifical1656 sooty1657 dreary1667 tenebrose1677 clouded1682 tragicala1700 funereal1707 gloomy1710 sepulchrala1711 dumpishc1717 bleaka1719 depressive1727 lugubre1727 muzzy1728 dispiriting1733 uncheery1760 unconsolatory1760 unjolly1764 Decemberly1765 sombre1768 uncouthie1768 depressing1772 unmirthful1782 sombrous1789 disanimating1791 Decemberish1793 grey1794 uncheering1796 ungenial1796 uncomforting1798 disencouraginga1806 stern1812 chilling1815 uncheered1817 dejecting1818 mopey1821 desponding1828 wisht1829 leadening1835 unsportful1837 demoralizing1840 Novemberish1840 frigid1844 morne1844 tragic1848 wet-blanketty1848 morgue1850 ungladdeneda1851 adusk1856 smileless1858 soul-sick1858 Novemberya1864 saturnine1863 down1873 lacklustre1883 Heaven-abandoneda1907 downbeat1952 doomy1967 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. ix. 25 In the many bleak and decemberly nights of a seven years widowhood. 1790 R. Burns Let. 6 Dec. (1985) II. 63 I hope that you take care that the sweet little Floweret is properly sheltered in this nipping Decemberly weather. 1839 Mail (Hagers-Town, Maryland) 20 Dec. 1/3 When the cold Decemberly evenings shall arrive. 1910 Times 24 Dec. 14/3 At auction things have been of late rather ‘dull and Decemberly’. 1950 Kingsport (Tennessee) Times-News 23 Apr. It should be that way over twelve months and not just when the sun is Decemberly pale. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Decemberv. Brit. /dᵻˈsɛmbə/, U.S. /diˈsɛmbər/, /dəˈsɛmbər/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: December n. Etymology: < December n. In sense 1 after winter v. rare. †1. a. intransitive. To pass or spend December. Cf. winter v. 1a(a). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [verb (intransitive)] > pass the spring, summer, or winter winterc1384 summer1440 aestivate1623 perhiemate1623 summerize1797 hibernate1816 spring1835 December1845 overwinter1895 1845 H. F. Chorley Pomfret I. 28 My having Novembered and Decembered at the Park has, of course, given a colour to the tale. b. transitive. To stay or reside in (a specified place) during December. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1888 Times (Weekly ed.) 7 Dec. 7/1 The Cabinet was seeking a pretext for ‘Decembering’ Paris. 2. transitive. To make characteristic of December; spec. to age. ΚΠ 1876 J. Ellis Caesar in Egypt 332 Now balls are deserted, and plays unremember'd, And all the May joys prematurely December'd. 2000 E. Glaser Winter Amnesties 75 I live down the days,..The sun Decembered into darkness. What should I crave when the seasons stop? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OEv.1845
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