Januaryn.

Brit.

/ˈdʒanjʊəri/,

/ˈdʒanjᵿri/, U.S.

/ˈdʒænjəˌwɛri/

Forms:

α. Old English Ianuarie (dative), Middle English Ianewarye, Middle English Ianuari, Middle English Januari, Middle English Januarie, Middle English–1500s Januarij, Middle English–1600s Ianuarie, Middle English–1600s Ianuarij, Middle English–1600s Ianuary, Middle English–1600s Ianuarye, late Middle English– January, 1500s Jenevary, 1600s Ganary, 1600s Janewary, 1800s– Janniwerry (English regional (Shropshire)); U.S. regional 1700s Jenary, 1800s Janary, 1800s Jennywerry, 1800s Jenooary, 1800s Jinawerry, 1800s Jinerwary, 1900s– Jahnywary, 1900s– Jannery, 1900s– Janoowery, 1900s– Jenewary, 1900s– Jenuary, 1900s– Jinewary, 1900s– Jinnywerry; Scottish pre-1700 1700s– January, 1700s Janaverey, 1700s Janavery, 1900s– Jenewarie, 1900s– Jennewerry (also Irish English (northern)).

β. Middle English Geneuer, Middle English Genever, Middle English Genewer, Middle English Geniuer, Middle English Genner, Middle English Genuer, Middle English Ianeuer, Middle English Ianeuere, Middle English Ianever, Middle English Ianewer, Middle English Ianuer, Middle English Ianure (perhaps transmission error), Middle English Ianuuer, Middle English Ianver, Middle English Ieneuer, Middle English Ieneuere, Middle English Ieniuer, Middle English Ienyuer, Middle English Ienyveer, Middle English Janeuere, Middle English Janever, Middle English Janiver, Middle English Jannuer, Middle English Januer, Middle English Janyvere, Middle English Jenevere, Middle English Jenyvere, Middle English–1500s Ianiuer, Middle English–1500s Ianyuer, Middle English–1500s Ianyuere, Middle English–1500s Janiuer, Middle English–1600s Ianiuere, 1500s Janiuere, 1600s Janivere, 1600s Januere; English regional 1800s Janivier, 1800s– Janiveer (Cumberland), 1800s– Jiniver (Surrey); Scottish pre-1700 Ianiveer, pre-1700 Janueir, pre-1700 Januer, pre-1700 Januere, pre-1700 Janwere, pre-1700 Jenuer, pre-1700 1800s Janiveer, 1800s Janavier.

γ. Middle English Ianuare, Middle English Jenuare, Middle English–1500s Ianuar, Middle English–1600s Januar, 1500s Ianuway, 1500s Janivare; Scottish pre-1700 Ianuar, pre-1700 Ianuare, pre-1700 Janewar, pre-1700 Janeware, pre-1700 Janivar, pre-1700 Januare, pre-1700 Janvar, pre-1700 Jemvar (transmission error), pre-1700 Jenowar, pre-1700 Jenuar, pre-1700 1700s– Januar, pre-1700 1800s Janwar, 1700s– Janwar', 1800s Januar'; N.E.D. (1900) also records a form Middle English Ienuare.

Also represented by the abbreviations Jan, Jan., Ianuar., Januar. (with point). The capital forms of the letters J and I were not normally distinguished until the 17th cent. (compare discussion at J n.). Distinctions between J and I in editions of earlier texts usually simply reflect editorial conventions adopted by modern editors.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin Iānuārius; French janver.

Etymology: Originally < classical Latin Iānuārius (see below); in later use (in β. forms) also < Anglo-Norman janver, genver, geniuer, janever, Anglo-Norman and Old French janvier, jenvier, genvier (1119; Middle French jannuer , Middle French, French janvier ) < classical Latin Iānuārius , in post-classical Latin also Ienuarius , use as noun (short for mēnsis Iānuārius month of January) of masculine of Iānuārius of or named after Janus < Iānus Janus n. + -ārius -ary suffix¹; so called as Janus presided over the entrance into the year. Compare Old Occitan genier (late 12th cent.), Catalan gener (second half of the 13th cent.), Spanish enero (c1250; also regional (Navarre, Aragon) genero (first half of the 12th cent.)), Portuguese janeiro (13th cent.), Italian gennaio (1285); Middle Dutch januarius, januar (Dutch januari), German Januar (15th cent. as Januarius), Swedish januari (16th cent. as januarius).On the development of the ancient Roman calendar see note at September n. In Old English and Middle English texts Latin Ianuarius is often used for the month (in Old English sometimes alongside the vernacular name Æfterra Gēola), e.g.:eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. xxiv. 214 Ifigcroppena on þam monðe gegaderod þe we hatað ianuarius on læden, & on englisc se æfterra geola, fif & xx..gegnid.OE Tables of Lucky & Unlucky Days (Vitell. E.xviii) in K. Malone & M. B. Ruud Stud. Eng. Philol. in Honor of F. Klaeber 262 On Ian[ua]rius, þonne se mona bið þreora nihta eald and feowra, and on Februarius, þonne he bið fifa and seofena eald.OE Menologium 10 Us cymeð geþincged..forma monað; hine folc mycel Ianuarius gerum heton.a1450 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (1988) i. §10. 6 Next the cercle of the daies folewith the cercle of the names of the monthes, that is to say, Januarius, Februarius..November, December. Compare also Old English Iānuāriusmōnað ( < classical Latin Iānuārius (see above) + month n.¹):eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Otho) v. xxi. 476 Æteowdon hie þa steorran in Ianuarius monðe & twa wucan awunedon.lOE Prognostics (Vesp.) in L. S. Chardonnens Anglo-Saxon Prognostics (2007) 264 On Ianuarius monðe gyf hit þunreð: hit bodeð toweard mycele windes, & wel gewænde eorðe wæstme, & gefiht. Forms in -ii and -ij may reflect the Latin genitive form Iānuārii.

The first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, containing 31 days and falling before February.Also personified.General January: see general n. 6d.

ΘΚΠ

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

JanuaryOE

α.

OE Tables of Lucky & Unlucky Days (Calig.) in K. Malone & M. B. Ruud Stud. in Eng. Philol. in Honor of F. Klaeber (1929) 260 Nu is an þara daga on æftewyrdne Decembre, and þa twegen on foreweardan Ianuarie þam monðe.

OE Rules for Finding Movable Feasts (Harl. 3271) in H. Henel Stud. zum Altenglischen Computus (1934) 40 On ianuarie þam forman monðe, ofer xvi kalendas februarii, loca hwær ðu hæbbe x nihta ealdne monan.

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 451 This mayden..that Mayus highte..Shal wedded be vnto this Ianuarie.]

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) ix. ix. 354 The fyrste hyghte Ianuari, and hath that name of a god feyned that hyghte Ianus.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 79 Numa tooke away the moneth of Marche from the first place, & gaue it vnto Ianuary.

a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 229 The Commonalty begin the Year the First Day of January, the Lawyers the Five and Twentieth Day of March.

1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. iii. xiv. 110 By act of parliament in one thousand seven hundred and fifty-two, the first day in January was appointed to be the beginning of the year for all purposes.

1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Jan. 1/2 Few Januaries have been preceded by such a week as Christmas, 1891.

1919 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 27 381 On January 1, 1919, over 70 per cent of the yards had safety organizations.

2003 PS 36 178/2 Much could change between now and next January.

β. c1300 St. Wulstan (Laud) l. 202 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 76 Out of þis world to heouene he wende..In þe Monþe of Ieneuer a seint Fabianes eue.c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 7259 In þe verþe day of Ieniuer [v.rr. Ianyuere, ianewer, Ieneuere, Ianuuer].1385 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) App. 410 in Parl. Papers (C. 673) XXXIII. 337 This tewysday..the xvi. day of this moneth of Jenuer.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 73 Pompilius..putte Ianeuer and Feuerrer to þe bygynnynge of þe ȝere.c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 57 Geneuer was þe elleuenþe [month].1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 145 b/1 His feste is the xv day of Ianyuer.1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore iv. iv. 59 Hees more colde then a Cittizens country house in Ianiuere.1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 18 December meeting Ianivere.1839 M. Howitt Sketches Nat. Hist. (ed. 5) 117 First of the twelve comes Janivier, The coldest month of all the year.γ. 1388 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 12 This tventy day of Januare.c1415 (c1395) G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale (Corpus Oxf.) (1873) E. §4. l. 1805 Þis hastyf Ianuare [c1405 Hengwrt, Ellesmere Ianuarie; c1410 Harl. Ianuarie; c1415 Lansd. Ianuare; c1430 Cambr Ianuarye].1439–40 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1439 §23. m.12 The last day of Januar, the .xvi. yeere of your regne.?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 73 Pompilius..addede Ianuare and Februare to the begynnenge of the yere.1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 16 The xxiiij. day of Janivare.1570 Ane Trag. 1 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. x. 82 In Januar the thre and twentie day.1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem i. 6 It was in Januar, or December, When I did see the out-law Whiggs Ly scattered up and down the Riggs.a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 321 'Twas then a blast o' Janwar' Win' Blew hansel in on Robin.a1859 W. Watt Poems & Songs (1860) 195 My nieve was ne'er out o' my purse frae June to Januar'.1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xxi. 364 Bold is like a hungry gled and the voice o' him like a Januar' blast.1996 W. N. Herbert Cabaret McGonagall 18 Thi soond o an ice-cream van prinklin uts notes thru a gloamin estate in Stranraer, in thi middle o Januar.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as January evening, January gift, January wind, etc.

ΚΠ

a1425 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1912) 128 287 Janeuere þonder [v.r. in Januarij] toneth grete wynd and plente of all kyn frute and battell þat ilke yer.

1580 G. Harvey in E. Spenser & G. Harvey Three Proper & Wittie Lett. 33 Shall I nowe by the way sende you a Ianuarie gift in Aprill.

1796 R. Burns in Scots Musical Museum V. 460 When Januar wind was blawing cauld..to the north I took my way.

1800 W. Wordsworth in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads II. 27 A sharp May storm Will come with loads of January snow.

1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus i. 12 January winds, after a day Of butchering, will make them relish carrion.

1913 Times 10 Jan. 4/7 Three hours of bright sun shine.., a distinctly good record for a January day.

2007 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 31 May l12 Most women my age do not drag their families outside into the backyard on a January evening to watch the space station zip past.

C2.

January King n. (the name of) a cold-tolerant cultivated variety of winter cabbage having smooth blue-green leaves.

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1943 Times 3 Mar. 9/7 Cabbages, January King, 5s 6d. to 7s. 6d. for 50-60lb.

1976 New Phytologist 77 393 Fungistatic activity was found to occur only in the volatile extracts of the seedlings of January King.

2002 A. Raver Gourmet Veg. 35 It includes..‘January King’, an old English cold-hardy giant cabbage with swirling blue leaves.

January sale n. a sale held in January (the period after Christmas being a time when sales are typically held; cf. sale n.² 1c).

ΚΠ

1865 Times 5 Jan. 11/4 (advt.) Messrs. Swan and Edgar beg to announce that their recent extensive purchase of French Fancy Silks and Cashmere Shawls will be included in their usual January Sale, which has just commenced.

1896 in G. Eley Ruined Maid (1970) 24/1 A friend of mine..bought at a January sale six yards of brocade in pale electric blue.

1936 Discovery Oct. 320/2 A rush..which must have equalled the January sales of our own days.

1967 E. G. Cousins Death in Quiet Place xiv. 177 Mollie's getting so used to Town that she's threatening to stay on over the January Sales.

2007 Independent (Nexis) 16 Feb. (Business section) 46 Consumers simply gave the thumbs down to bargains on offer during the January sales.

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

单词	january
释义	Januaryn. Brit. /ˈdʒanjʊəri/, /ˈdʒanjᵿri/, U.S. /ˈdʒænjəˌwɛri/ Forms: α. Old English Ianuarie (dative), Middle English Ianewarye, Middle English Ianuari, Middle English Januari, Middle English Januarie, Middle English–1500s Januarij, Middle English–1600s Ianuarie, Middle English–1600s Ianuarij, Middle English–1600s Ianuary, Middle English–1600s Ianuarye, late Middle English– January, 1500s Jenevary, 1600s Ganary, 1600s Janewary, 1800s– Janniwerry (English regional (Shropshire)); U.S. regional 1700s Jenary, 1800s Janary, 1800s Jennywerry, 1800s Jenooary, 1800s Jinawerry, 1800s Jinerwary, 1900s– Jahnywary, 1900s– Jannery, 1900s– Janoowery, 1900s– Jenewary, 1900s– Jenuary, 1900s– Jinewary, 1900s– Jinnywerry; Scottish pre-1700 1700s– January, 1700s Janaverey, 1700s Janavery, 1900s– Jenewarie, 1900s– Jennewerry (also Irish English (northern)). β. Middle English Geneuer, Middle English Genever, Middle English Genewer, Middle English Geniuer, Middle English Genner, Middle English Genuer, Middle English Ianeuer, Middle English Ianeuere, Middle English Ianever, Middle English Ianewer, Middle English Ianuer, Middle English Ianure (perhaps transmission error), Middle English Ianuuer, Middle English Ianver, Middle English Ieneuer, Middle English Ieneuere, Middle English Ieniuer, Middle English Ienyuer, Middle English Ienyveer, Middle English Janeuere, Middle English Janever, Middle English Janiver, Middle English Jannuer, Middle English Januer, Middle English Janyvere, Middle English Jenevere, Middle English Jenyvere, Middle English–1500s Ianiuer, Middle English–1500s Ianyuer, Middle English–1500s Ianyuere, Middle English–1500s Janiuer, Middle English–1600s Ianiuere, 1500s Janiuere, 1600s Janivere, 1600s Januere; English regional 1800s Janivier, 1800s– Janiveer (Cumberland), 1800s– Jiniver (Surrey); Scottish pre-1700 Ianiveer, pre-1700 Janueir, pre-1700 Januer, pre-1700 Januere, pre-1700 Janwere, pre-1700 Jenuer, pre-1700 1800s Janiveer, 1800s Janavier. γ. Middle English Ianuare, Middle English Jenuare, Middle English–1500s Ianuar, Middle English–1600s Januar, 1500s Ianuway, 1500s Janivare; Scottish pre-1700 Ianuar, pre-1700 Ianuare, pre-1700 Janewar, pre-1700 Janeware, pre-1700 Janivar, pre-1700 Januare, pre-1700 Janvar, pre-1700 Jemvar (transmission error), pre-1700 Jenowar, pre-1700 Jenuar, pre-1700 1700s– Januar, pre-1700 1800s Janwar, 1700s– Janwar', 1800s Januar'; N.E.D. (1900) also records a form Middle English Ienuare. Also represented by the abbreviations Jan, Jan., Ianuar., Januar. (with point). The capital forms of the letters J and I were not normally distinguished until the 17th cent. (compare discussion at J n.). Distinctions between J and I in editions of earlier texts usually simply reflect editorial conventions adopted by modern editors. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin Iānuārius; French janver. Etymology: Originally < classical Latin Iānuārius (see below); in later use (in β. forms) also < Anglo-Norman janver, genver, geniuer, janever, Anglo-Norman and Old French janvier, jenvier, genvier (1119; Middle French jannuer , Middle French, French janvier ) < classical Latin Iānuārius , in post-classical Latin also Ienuarius , use as noun (short for mēnsis Iānuārius month of January) of masculine of Iānuārius of or named after Janus < Iānus Janus n. + -ārius -ary suffix¹; so called as Janus presided over the entrance into the year. Compare Old Occitan genier (late 12th cent.), Catalan gener (second half of the 13th cent.), Spanish enero (c1250; also regional (Navarre, Aragon) genero (first half of the 12th cent.)), Portuguese janeiro (13th cent.), Italian gennaio (1285); Middle Dutch januarius, januar (Dutch januari), German Januar (15th cent. as Januarius), Swedish januari (16th cent. as januarius).On the development of the ancient Roman calendar see note at September n. In Old English and Middle English texts Latin Ianuarius is often used for the month (in Old English sometimes alongside the vernacular name Æfterra Gēola), e.g.:eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. xxiv. 214 Ifigcroppena on þam monðe gegaderod þe we hatað ianuarius on læden, & on englisc se æfterra geola, fif & xx..gegnid.OE Tables of Lucky & Unlucky Days (Vitell. E.xviii) in K. Malone & M. B. Ruud Stud. Eng. Philol. in Honor of F. Klaeber 262 On Ian[ua]rius, þonne se mona bið þreora nihta eald and feowra, and on Februarius, þonne he bið fifa and seofena eald.OE Menologium 10 Us cymeð geþincged..forma monað; hine folc mycel Ianuarius gerum heton.a1450 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (1988) i. §10. 6 Next the cercle of the daies folewith the cercle of the names of the monthes, that is to say, Januarius, Februarius..November, December. Compare also Old English Iānuāriusmōnað ( < classical Latin Iānuārius (see above) + month n.¹):eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Otho) v. xxi. 476 Æteowdon hie þa steorran in Ianuarius monðe & twa wucan awunedon.lOE Prognostics (Vesp.) in L. S. Chardonnens Anglo-Saxon Prognostics (2007) 264 On Ianuarius monðe gyf hit þunreð: hit bodeð toweard mycele windes, & wel gewænde eorðe wæstme, & gefiht. Forms in -ii and -ij may reflect the Latin genitive form Iānuārii. The first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, containing 31 days and falling before February.Also personified.General January: see general n. 6d. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > specific months > [noun] > January JanuaryOE α. OE Tables of Lucky & Unlucky Days (Calig.) in K. Malone & M. B. Ruud Stud. in Eng. Philol. in Honor of F. Klaeber (1929) 260 Nu is an þara daga on æftewyrdne Decembre, and þa twegen on foreweardan Ianuarie þam monðe. OE Rules for Finding Movable Feasts (Harl. 3271) in H. Henel Stud. zum Altenglischen Computus (1934) 40 On ianuarie þam forman monðe, ofer xvi kalendas februarii, loca hwær ðu hæbbe x nihta ealdne monan. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 451 This mayden..that Mayus highte..Shal wedded be vnto this Ianuarie.] 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) ix. ix. 354 The fyrste hyghte Ianuari, and hath that name of a god feyned that hyghte Ianus. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 79 Numa tooke away the moneth of Marche from the first place, & gaue it vnto Ianuary. a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 229 The Commonalty begin the Year the First Day of January, the Lawyers the Five and Twentieth Day of March. 1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. iii. xiv. 110 By act of parliament in one thousand seven hundred and fifty-two, the first day in January was appointed to be the beginning of the year for all purposes. 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Jan. 1/2 Few Januaries have been preceded by such a week as Christmas, 1891. 1919 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 27 381 On January 1, 1919, over 70 per cent of the yards had safety organizations. 2003 PS 36 178/2 Much could change between now and next January. β. c1300 St. Wulstan (Laud) l. 202 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 76 Out of þis world to heouene he wende..In þe Monþe of Ieneuer a seint Fabianes eue.c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 7259 In þe verþe day of Ieniuer [v.rr. Ianyuere, ianewer, Ieneuere, Ianuuer].1385 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) App. 410 in Parl. Papers (C. 673) XXXIII. 337 This tewysday..the xvi. day of this moneth of Jenuer.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 73 Pompilius..putte Ianeuer and Feuerrer to þe bygynnynge of þe ȝere.c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 57 Geneuer was þe elleuenþe [month].1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 145 b/1 His feste is the xv day of Ianyuer.1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore iv. iv. 59 Hees more colde then a Cittizens country house in Ianiuere.1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 18 December meeting Ianivere.1839 M. Howitt Sketches Nat. Hist. (ed. 5) 117 First of the twelve comes Janivier, The coldest month of all the year.γ. 1388 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 12 This tventy day of Januare.c1415 (c1395) G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale (Corpus Oxf.) (1873) E. §4. l. 1805 Þis hastyf Ianuare [c1405 Hengwrt, Ellesmere Ianuarie; c1410 Harl. Ianuarie; c1415 Lansd. Ianuare; c1430 Cambr Ianuarye].1439–40 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1439 §23. m.12 The last day of Januar, the .xvi. yeere of your regne.?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 73 Pompilius..addede Ianuare and Februare to the begynnenge of the yere.1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 16 The xxiiij. day of Janivare.1570 Ane Trag. 1 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. x. 82 In Januar the thre and twentie day.1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem i. 6 It was in Januar, or December, When I did see the out-law Whiggs Ly scattered up and down the Riggs.a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 321 'Twas then a blast o' Janwar' Win' Blew hansel in on Robin.a1859 W. Watt Poems & Songs (1860) 195 My nieve was ne'er out o' my purse frae June to Januar'.1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xxi. 364 Bold is like a hungry gled and the voice o' him like a Januar' blast.1996 W. N. Herbert Cabaret McGonagall 18 Thi soond o an ice-cream van prinklin uts notes thru a gloamin estate in Stranraer, in thi middle o Januar. Compounds C1. General attributive, as January evening, January gift, January wind, etc. ΚΠ a1425 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1912) 128 287 Janeuere þonder [v.r. in Januarij] toneth grete wynd and plente of all kyn frute and battell þat ilke yer. 1580 G. Harvey in E. Spenser & G. Harvey Three Proper & Wittie Lett. 33 Shall I nowe by the way sende you a Ianuarie gift in Aprill. 1796 R. Burns in Scots Musical Museum V. 460 When Januar wind was blawing cauld..to the north I took my way. 1800 W. Wordsworth in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads II. 27 A sharp May storm Will come with loads of January snow. 1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus i. 12 January winds, after a day Of butchering, will make them relish carrion. 1913 Times 10 Jan. 4/7 Three hours of bright sun shine.., a distinctly good record for a January day. 2007 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 31 May l12 Most women my age do not drag their families outside into the backyard on a January evening to watch the space station zip past. C2. January King n. (the name of) a cold-tolerant cultivated variety of winter cabbage having smooth blue-green leaves. ΚΠ 1943 Times 3 Mar. 9/7 Cabbages, January King, 5s 6d. to 7s. 6d. for 50-60lb. 1976 New Phytologist 77 393 Fungistatic activity was found to occur only in the volatile extracts of the seedlings of January King. 2002 A. Raver Gourmet Veg. 35 It includes..‘January King’, an old English cold-hardy giant cabbage with swirling blue leaves. January sale n. a sale held in January (the period after Christmas being a time when sales are typically held; cf. sale n.² 1c). ΚΠ 1865 Times 5 Jan. 11/4 (advt.) Messrs. Swan and Edgar beg to announce that their recent extensive purchase of French Fancy Silks and Cashmere Shawls will be included in their usual January Sale, which has just commenced. 1896 in G. Eley Ruined Maid (1970) 24/1 A friend of mine..bought at a January sale six yards of brocade in pale electric blue. 1936 Discovery Oct. 320/2 A rush..which must have equalled the January sales of our own days. 1967 E. G. Cousins Death in Quiet Place xiv. 177 Mollie's getting so used to Town that she's threatening to stay on over the January Sales. 2007 Independent (Nexis) 16 Feb. (Business section) 46 Consumers simply gave the thumbs down to bargains on offer during the January sales. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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