half-seasonn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈhɑːfˌsiːzn/, U.S.

/ˈhæfˌsiz(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., season n.

Etymology: < half adj. + season n.In sense B. 1 originally and frequently after French demi-saison demi-season adj.

A. n.

One half of a season (in various senses). In later use esp.: one half of a sporting season.In quot. 1684 with reference to Revelation 12:14 (see a time and times and half a time and quot. c1384¹ at that entry, and cf. half-time n. 1).

1684 T. Beverley Scripture-line of Time 20 We have spoke much of the Intimate Time of the Beast, or of his Season, Seasons, Half-season, within time, times, half a time.

1826 Morning Post 2 May 1/1 (advt.) Amateur concert for the practice of orchestral performance... Subscriptions for the Half Season now commencing, One Guinea and a Half.

1942 Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 7 79 If the young are hatched in the middle of August the smallest individuals collected in May represent this group after a half season of growth.

1992 USA Today 12 May c2/1 McDaniel had spent..a half season with Phoenix before coming to the Knicks.

2013 Global Times (China) (Nexis) 26 Dec. While the half-season finished with his team at the top, Yi remained concerned about the team's form.

B. adj.

1. Of clothing: worn or suitable for wear in spring or autumn (regarded as intermediate seasons between summer and winter). Also: of or relating to clothing, fashion, etc., of this kind.Usually with reference to French fashion, sometimes directly referring to or translating French demi-saison; cf. demi-season adj.

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1831 Royal Lady's Mag. Mar. 177/1 Several of our élégantes..throw aside..their winter dresses, and appear..in a demi saison costume... The hat worn with the dress appears..novel... The half-season style is, however, but partially adopted.

1839 Ladies' Cabinet Jan. 270 It will rather be the elegant half season costume, which, appearing with the opening of spring, is laid aside with the first warm days of summer.

1903 Salt Lake Tribune 4 Oct. 20/6 A series of half season gowns which have a peculiar charm of their own.

1994 C. Porter tr. G. Lipovestsky Empire of Fashion ii. 58 Fashion became for the most part a biennial affair: the half-season collections [Fr. les demi-saisons] did little more than offer hints of the fashion to come.

2. Occurring in or relating to one half of a season, esp. of a sporting season.

1893 Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinb. 19 291 The half-season increase was greatest in both young trees in the second period.

1905 Essex County Chron. 6 Jan. 3 The half season result of the Albion Reserves shows 10 victories, 1 draw, and 2 losses.

2021 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 21 Oct. 52 We've got some exciting games in the new year, so we will be going on sale with half-season tickets for the latter part of the season.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	half-season
释义	half-seasonn.adj. Brit. /ˈhɑːfˌsiːzn/, U.S. /ˈhæfˌsiz(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., season n. Etymology: < half adj. + season n.In sense B. 1 originally and frequently after French demi-saison demi-season adj. A. n. One half of a season (in various senses). In later use esp.: one half of a sporting season.In quot. 1684 with reference to Revelation 12:14 (see a time and times and half a time and quot. c1384¹ at that entry, and cf. half-time n. 1). Π 1684 T. Beverley Scripture-line of Time 20 We have spoke much of the Intimate Time of the Beast, or of his Season, Seasons, Half-season, within time, times, half a time. 1826 Morning Post 2 May 1/1 (advt.) Amateur concert for the practice of orchestral performance... Subscriptions for the Half Season now commencing, One Guinea and a Half. 1942 Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 7 79 If the young are hatched in the middle of August the smallest individuals collected in May represent this group after a half season of growth. 1992 USA Today 12 May c2/1 McDaniel had spent..a half season with Phoenix before coming to the Knicks. 2013 Global Times (China) (Nexis) 26 Dec. While the half-season finished with his team at the top, Yi remained concerned about the team's form. B. adj. 1. Of clothing: worn or suitable for wear in spring or autumn (regarded as intermediate seasons between summer and winter). Also: of or relating to clothing, fashion, etc., of this kind.Usually with reference to French fashion, sometimes directly referring to or translating French demi-saison; cf. demi-season adj. ΘΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > other smalleOE lightc1230 round1402 side-necked1430 wanton1489 Spanish1530 tucked1530 lustya1555 civil1582 open-breasted1598 full1601 everlasting1607 sheeten1611 nothinga1616 burly1651 pin-up1677 slouching1691 double-breasted1701 negligée1718 translated1727 uniform1746 undress1777 single-breasted1796 unworn1798 mamalone1799 costumic1801 safeguard1822 Tom and Jerry1830 lightweight1837 fancy dress1844 wrap-1845 hen-skin1846 Mary Stuart1846 well-cut1849 mousquetaire1851 empire1852 costumary1853 solid1859 spring weight1869 Henri II1870 western1881 hard-boiled1882 man-of-war1883 Henley1886 demi-season1890 Gretchen1890 toreador1892 crossover1893 French cut1896 drifty1897 boxy1898 Buster Brown1902 Romney1903 modistic1907 Peter Pan1908 classic1909 Fauntleroy1911 baby doll1912 flared1928 flare1929 tuck-in1929 unpressed1932 Edwardian1934 swingy1937 topless1937 wraparound1937 dressed-down1939 cover-up1942 Sun Yat-sen1942 utility1942 non-utility1948 sudsable1951 off-the-shoulder1953 peasant1953 flareless1954 A-line1955 matador1955 stretch1956 wash-and-wear1959 layered1962 Tom Jones1964 Carnaby Street1965 Action Man1966 Mao-style1967 wear-dated1968 thermal1970 bondage1980 swaggery1980 hoochie1990 mitumba1990 kinderwhore1994 1831 Royal Lady's Mag. Mar. 177/1 Several of our élégantes..throw aside..their winter dresses, and appear..in a demi saison costume... The hat worn with the dress appears..novel... The half-season style is, however, but partially adopted. 1839 Ladies' Cabinet Jan. 270 It will rather be the elegant half season costume, which, appearing with the opening of spring, is laid aside with the first warm days of summer. 1903 Salt Lake Tribune 4 Oct. 20/6 A series of half season gowns which have a peculiar charm of their own. 1994 C. Porter tr. G. Lipovestsky Empire of Fashion ii. 58 Fashion became for the most part a biennial affair: the half-season collections [Fr. les demi-saisons] did little more than offer hints of the fashion to come. 2. Occurring in or relating to one half of a season, esp. of a sporting season. Π 1893 Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinb. 19 291 The half-season increase was greatest in both young trees in the second period. 1905 Essex County Chron. 6 Jan. 3 The half season result of the Albion Reserves shows 10 victories, 1 draw, and 2 losses. 2021 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 21 Oct. 52 We've got some exciting games in the new year, so we will be going on sale with half-season tickets for the latter part of the season. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.adj.1684
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