Junen.

Brit.

/dʒuːn/, U.S.

/dʒun/

Forms:

α. late Old English Iunies (genitive), Middle English Ione (north-west midlands, in a late copy), Middle English Iun, Middle English Iunii, Middle English Iuny, Middle English Ivn, Middle English Junye, Middle English–1600s Iune, Middle English–1700s Juny, Middle English– June, 1500s Junj, 1500s–1600s Junii, 1500s–1600s Junij, 1900s Jewn (English regional); Scottish pre-1700 Joun, pre-1700 Jun, pre-1700 Juney, pre-1700 Juni, pre-1700 Junie, pre-1700 Junii, pre-1700 Junij, pre-1700 Juny, pre-1700 Jvne, pre-1700 Jvnie, pre-1700 Jwne, pre-1700 1700s– June, 1800s Jeen (north-eastern), 1800s Jeene (north-eastern), 1800s Jene (north-eastern); N.E.D. (1901) also records a form Middle English Iunye.

β. Middle English Giugne, Middle English Ioyne (north-west midlands, in a late copy), Middle English Iuygne, Middle English Iuyne, Middle English Juen, Middle English Juyne, Middle English 1600s Juyn, Middle English–1500s Iuyn, Middle English–1500s Juin, 1500s Iung, 1500s Iuyng, 1500s Juing; Scottish pre-1700 1900s– Juin.

Also represented by the abbreviations Jun, Jun. (with point).

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin Iūnius; French juin.

Etymology: Originally < classical Latin Iūnius (see below); in later use (especially in β. forms) also < Anglo-Norman join, junye, junie, Anglo-Norman and Old French jun, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French juing, Anglo-Norman and Middle French juin, Old French, Middle French jung (1119 as juinz ; French juin ) < classical Latin Iūnius , use as noun (short for mēnsis Iūnius month of June) of masculine of Iūnius of June < Iūnō , the name of the goddess Juno (see Juno n.) + -ius, suffix forming adjectives. Compare Old Occitan jun, junh (mid 12th cent.), Catalan juny (late 13th cent.), Spanish junio (1236), Portuguese junho (1214 as junho). Italian giugno (1211); also Middle Dutch junius, june (Dutch juni), German Juni (second half of the 14th cent. as Junius), Swedish juni (16th cent. as junius).In Old English and Middle English texts Latin Iunius is often used for the month (in Old English sometimes alongside the vernacular name Ǣrra Līða ; compare also midsummer month n., Sere month n. at sere adj.¹ Compounds 4), e.g.:OE Menologium 109 Þænne monað bringð ymb twa and þreo [i.e. feower] tiida lange Ærra Liða us to tune, Iunius on geard.OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. i. 80 Aprelis, Iunius, September, and Nouember habbað feower and twentig [tida] læs.lOE Laws: Gerefa (Corpus Cambr.) ix. 454 Me mæig in Maio & Iunio & Iulio on sumera fealgian.?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 245 In the honor of whom he ordeynede the monethe of Iunius, that is to saye, of yonger men.In quot. ?a1475 above the Latin name of the month has apparently been reinterpreted as classical Latin iūnius , neuter of iūnior younger (see junior adj.). Compare also Old English Iūniusmōnað ( < classical Latin Iūnius (see above) + month n.¹):eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Otho) v. xxii. 478 Wæs he gehalgod in Cantwarena byrig..þy teoþan dæge Iunius monþes; wæs Sunnandæg.lOE Prognostics (Vesp.) in R. D.-N. Warner Early Eng. Homilies (1917) 91 On Junius monðe, hit bodeð mycele windes, & wulfene wodnysse, & leona. Forms in -ii and -ij may reflect the Latin genitive form Iūnii . The capital forms of the letters J and I were not normally distinguished until the 17th cent. (compare discussion at J n.).

The sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, containing 30 days and falling between May and July.Also personified.In the northern hemisphere the summer solstice occurs in June, which is now usually regarded as the first month of summer.

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

JunelOE

break of June1820

α.

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1110 On Iunies monðe ætywde an steorra norðan eastan.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 8310 (MED) Þus was þe þridde day of Iun antioche inome.

c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 1843 Mery it is in June and hoot firmament.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 10822 With the monith of May, & the mery Ione.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxxiiii The sayd .xxiiii. day of Iune, whiche was sonday and Midsomerday.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. ii. 75 He was but as the Cuckoe is in Iune, Heard, not regarded.

1662 W. Dugdale Hist. Imbanking & Drayning Fens liv. 380 There was a particular view..of the whole Level, begun on the xxith of June next following.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. x. 199 It was now a pleasant Evening in the latter End of June .

1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere v, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 30 A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June.

1848 J. R. Lowell Vision Sir Launfal i. 5 And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days.

a1882 H. C. Kendall Poems (1886) 132 Twenty white-haired Junes have left us—gray with frost and bleak with gale [in Australia].

1921 Idaho Yarn 20 May 2/1 Buy a ticket and step out with your ‘one and only’ on the third of June.

2003 New Yorker 16 June 45/1 The artist's retrospective opening at..the end of June.

β. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 295 Þe firste day of Iuyn.1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxiv. 229 In the monethes of Iuyn and Iuyll next folowyng.a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 54 (MED) The xj day of Iuyne.c1500 Melusine (1895) 16 Theuen..of saint Iohan baptiste, whiche is on the xx. day of Iung [Fr. juing].1503 tr. Kalendayr Shyppars (colophon) Prentyt in parys the .xxiii. day of iuyng oon thowsand ccccc & iii.1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxxvij The.xxv.daie of Iuyn.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as June day, June time, June weather, etc.

ΚΠ

a1425 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1912) 128 287 June þonder toneth grete wyndes.

1765 J. Caldwell Let. to Dublin Soc. 5 The June Crop was the best.

1770 J. Cook Voy. & Trav. Russ. Empire II. xii. 152 In June month, the governer shewed me an order from her majesty.

a1812 J. A. Linen Poems in Scots & Eng. Dial. (1815) 96 Nor June-tide, with her heats, opprest Our cots and bow'rs.

1844 R. Buist Rose Man. 16 Adelaide d'Orleans has flowers of a pale rosy blush,..valuable for blooming later than any of what are termed June Roses.

1854 L. C. Moulton This, That & Other 213 Angels have been singing to her in the long days of this pleasant June-time.

1888 Times 16 June 17/1 The fervent sun of a bright June day.

1913 Eng. Jrnl. 2 249 On a recent June morning, while we were chatting in the bachelor apartments of three Harvard graduates.

1998 Portland (Maine) Press Herald (Nexis) 31 May 4 c These and many more make Maytime, followed closely by Junetime, a time of beauty in the boreal woods.

2007 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 16 Oct. (Mersey ed.) 9 The worst ever June weather on record.

C2.

June apple n. (a) a variety of apple with good keeping qualities; (b) (chiefly U.S.) any of various varieties of early fruiting apple.

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1727 B. Langley New Princ. Gardening 56 June Apple, so called because 'twill keep till June.

1848 Mag. Hort., Bot., & Rural Affairs 14 389 June Apple.—Size, medium, nearly round, but varying much in shape [etc.].

1872 Harper's Mag. Feb. 451/2 The color on her hard cheeks had the crimson hue of a June apple.

1905 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 30 Apr. 16/5 Nowhere on this sphere could June apples be found which would compare with the Denison variety.

2004 S. H. Graham Eat What You Want xvii. 74 My grandmother used to cook with June apples... They're about the size of a raquetball, very pale green, and they invariably have wormholes.

June beetle n. now chiefly North American any of various, mainly North American chafers which appear in early summer, many of which are pests of crops; esp. (a) a brown or brownish-black chafer of the large genus Phyllophaga (formerly Lachnosterna), found throughout North America (also called June bug, May beetle); (b) (more fully green June beetle) a green and brown chafer of the genus Cotinis, of the southern U.S. (also called June bug); (c) a striped chafer of the genus Polyphylla.

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1856 H. Mayhew Rhine I. v. 196 The hills are ‘shot’..—like a June-beetle's back—with many an emerald tint.

1866 E. S. Phelps in Harper's Mag. May 789/1 Whirr! buzz! swosh! came something through the window into the lamp... Keturah jumped. If you have half the horror of those great June beetles that she has you will know how she jumped.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 288 An American grub, the young of the green June beetle or fig-eater (Cotinis nitida )..is of considerable agricultural importance.

1962 C. L. Metcalf & W. P. Flint Destructive & Useful Insects (ed. 4) ix. 504 The adults [of Phyllophaga or Lachnosterna species] are the well-known brown or brownish-black June beetles, May beetles, or ‘daw bugs’. About 200 species are known.

1972 L. A. Swan & C. S. Papp Common Insects N. Amer. 433 Lined June Beetle: Polyphylla crinita... Pacific coast, from California to British Columbia... The Ten-lined June Beetle, P. decemlineata, is eastern and western in distribution.

2003 Northeastern Naturalist 10 99 Scarab beetles, particularly June beetles (Phyllophaga spp.), are known to be widely abundant in spring and early summer when they emerge from the soil.

Juneberry n. North American any of various small North American trees of the genus Amelanchier (family Rosaceæ), esp. Amelanchier canadensis; (also) the often sweet, edible fruit of any of these trees; cf. service-berry n. 2.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > June-berry

poire1801

Juneberry1810

May-cherry1832

shad-berry1861

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > service-berry or shadbush

service1785

saskatoon1802

service-berry1805

Juneberry1810

shad-blossoma1817

shad-flower1817

shad-bush1818

grape-pear1840

service tree1844

shad-blow1846

saskatoon berry1887

veitchberry1913

Indian pear1956

1810 F. A. Michaux Histoire des Arbres Forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale I. 32 June berry.

1832 D. J. Browne Sylva Americana 217 The wood of the June berry is of a pure white.

1854 M. Reid Young Voyageurs 356 The berries..are known as..‘June~berries’ [or] ‘service-berries’.

1928 J. E. LeRossignol Beauport Road 274 The chief attraction..was along the fences and hedgerows where, in season, were strawberries, June berries..dew berries.

2006 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 9 Apr. f5/2 Juneberry, another of its common names [sc. of A. arborea] describes the blueberry-like fruit that develops in June and ripens through summer.

June bug n. now chiefly North American any of various chafers which appear in early summer; esp.: (a) North American = June beetle n. (a); (b) North American = June beetle n. (b); (c) the garden chafer, Phyllopertha horticola, a small brown and metallic-green beetle found commonly in Eurasia.In quot. 1799, applied, perhaps by confusion, to a dung beetle.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > miscellaneous types > June-bug

June bug1799

1799 E. A. Kendall Beauties Saint Pierre 105 We have not perhaps in Europe any insect of richer and gayer clothing than the beetle and fly, which are sometimes called May, and June, Bugs, and which live on dunghills.

c1831 Jim Crow 2 Dere's possum up de gumtree, An Raccoon in de hollow, Wake Snakes for June Bugs Stole my half a dollar.

1836 Congress. Globe 5 May 349/2 They hopped upon it, to use a homely phrase, like a duck on a June-bug.

1866 E. C. Rye Brit. Beetles xiii. 115 Phyllopertha horticola, the small ‘June-bug’.., is often very destructive to plants.

1906 W. Churchill Coniston xv. 189 June-bugs hummed in at the high windows.

1973 M. R. Crowell Greener Pastures 200 At the bird bath I find a June bug—the early brown kind known as a May beetle.

2006 Oxf. Amer. Spring 103/1 A June bug is..a scarab beetle that shows up in numbers when the weather turns warm, then quickly thins out. Hold it close and you'll see yourself fish-eyed in its green, metallic belly.

June butter n. now rare butter made in the month of June, regarded as being of particularly high quality.

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1837 Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 17 Oct. I brought you a keg of June butter.

1932 F. W. Tanner Microbiol. of Foods 229 After showing that the organism produced a flavor in butter characteristic of highest quality June butter, Conn studied the applicability of the organism in practical dairy work.

June gloom n. a period of cloudy weather occurring during or near the month of June; spec. (in Southern California) overcast skies or fog which are often prevalent in the morning during early summer but tend to dissipate by the afternoon.

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1900 F. F. Moore According to Plato ix. 78 The lawn at Ranelagh was crowded on this particular Sunday, for the June gloom that had prevailed during the three preceding days had vanished, and the evening sunshine was making everything lovely.

1971 Los Angeles Times 20 June d2/2 A fire burning in the fireplace to dispel the early morning June gloom.

2009 G. Neri Surf Mules 27 The fog rolled in and June gloom engulfed everything, as it did at the start of every summer.

June grape n. North American a North American vine, Vitis riparia, producing greenish-white flowers in May or June followed by sour blue-black berries, which are sometimes used for making preserves.

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1821 T. Nuttall Jrnl. Trav. Arkansa vii. 137 A species of Vitis, June grape from its ripening at that early period, was also nearly in blossom.

1908 U. P. Hedrick Grapes of N.Y. 121 The first record of Riparia Praecox is a statement by Prince..that Nuttall had told him that the June Grape growing on the Mississippi was the true Vitis odoratissima.

2005 E. N. Kozloff Plants W. Oregon 364 Vitis riparia, June grape or riverbank grape, with a range extending from Nova Scotia to New Mexico, is sometimes cultivated for its red autumn foliage.

June grass n. North American any of various chiefly North American grasses; esp. (a) Kentucky bluegrass, Poa pratensis; (b) the prairie grass Koeleria macrantha (formerly K. cristata).

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > meadow grass

meadow grass1597

silver grass1600

lovegrass1702

spear-grass1747

bluegrass1751

wiregrass1751

poa1753

poa grass1759

Suffolk grass1759

fowl-meadow-grass1774

penguin grass1776

mead grass1778

June grass1840

weeping Polly1880

1840 Farmers' Reg. May 297/1 I sowed about an acre of ruta baga, on good sandy loam soil, somewhat infested with June grass.

1864 R. Jennings Cattle & their Dis. 124 June Grass, better known in some sections as Kentucky Blue Grass, is very common in most sections of the country.

1885 Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 1883–4 9 117 Kœleria cristata... This is a very common grass in all the region west of the Mississippi and in Montana, where I have heard it called ‘June grass’.

1924 T. B. Hutcheson & T. K. Wolfe Production Field Crops xli. 401 Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis), also known as June grass, is not a native of North America but occurs over nearly all of Europe.

2006 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 14 Sept. f1 June grass is like rocky mountain fescue but with lovely silvery seed heads.

June plum n. (a) (North American) = Juneberry n. (now rare); (b) (Jamaican) the otaheite apple, Spondias dulcis (family Anacardiaceae); also called jew-plum.

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1896 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 9 186 Amelanchier Canadensis..dogwood, boxwood, wild pear, June plum, West.

1942 in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. LePage Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 254/1 Jew-plum... Sometimes called June plum—but it is ripe even in December.

1960 R. A. Vines Trees, Shrubs, & Woody Vines of South West 416 Amelanchier arborea... Vernacular names are..June-plum [etc.]... The berries may be eaten uncooked or made into pies.

2005 Olive Mar. 118/4 You won't go far without coming to a roadside stall selling plump mangoes, sweet bananas, tangy June plums, [etc.].

June Week n. now historical (at Durham University) the last week of the summer term, Commemoration week.

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society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > special day or week

Le day1574

commencement day1606

Show Sunday1825

class day1833

presentation day1843

June Week1889

spirit week1923

1889 Durham Univ. Jrnl. 9 1 The end of last term was signalised by what was called by some ‘Commemoration’ and by others ‘the June Week’.

1900 Durham Univ. Jrnl. 14 229 Those who have visited the race-course during the June Week.

1914 Times 18 June 11/6 Durham..rejoices in June Week, high festival of summer, crowning the labours of the academic year.

2008 N. Watson Durham Difference 92 June Week vanished without any mourning in 1968, although the June Ball was retained.

Derivatives

June-like adj.

ΚΠ

1657 J. Harington Hist. Polindor & Flostella (ed. 3) i. 19 Fresh Roses grew Strait on his June-like Lips.

1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings I. 2 The month is June-like—deliciously warm and bright.

1897 Daily News 14 May 6/5 The weather..was anything but June-like.

1995 Herald-Sun (Durham, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 9 Apr. b7 The weather in Durham took on a June-like feeling as brisk southwesterly winds brought in warm air and sent the mercury soaring.

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

单词	june
释义	Junen. Brit. /dʒuːn/, U.S. /dʒun/ Forms: α. late Old English Iunies (genitive), Middle English Ione (north-west midlands, in a late copy), Middle English Iun, Middle English Iunii, Middle English Iuny, Middle English Ivn, Middle English Junye, Middle English–1600s Iune, Middle English–1700s Juny, Middle English– June, 1500s Junj, 1500s–1600s Junii, 1500s–1600s Junij, 1900s Jewn (English regional); Scottish pre-1700 Joun, pre-1700 Jun, pre-1700 Juney, pre-1700 Juni, pre-1700 Junie, pre-1700 Junii, pre-1700 Junij, pre-1700 Juny, pre-1700 Jvne, pre-1700 Jvnie, pre-1700 Jwne, pre-1700 1700s– June, 1800s Jeen (north-eastern), 1800s Jeene (north-eastern), 1800s Jene (north-eastern); N.E.D. (1901) also records a form Middle English Iunye. β. Middle English Giugne, Middle English Ioyne (north-west midlands, in a late copy), Middle English Iuygne, Middle English Iuyne, Middle English Juen, Middle English Juyne, Middle English 1600s Juyn, Middle English–1500s Iuyn, Middle English–1500s Juin, 1500s Iung, 1500s Iuyng, 1500s Juing; Scottish pre-1700 1900s– Juin. Also represented by the abbreviations Jun, Jun. (with point). Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin Iūnius; French juin. Etymology: Originally < classical Latin Iūnius (see below); in later use (especially in β. forms) also < Anglo-Norman join, junye, junie, Anglo-Norman and Old French jun, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French juing, Anglo-Norman and Middle French juin, Old French, Middle French jung (1119 as juinz ; French juin ) < classical Latin Iūnius , use as noun (short for mēnsis Iūnius month of June) of masculine of Iūnius of June < Iūnō , the name of the goddess Juno (see Juno n.) + -ius, suffix forming adjectives. Compare Old Occitan jun, junh (mid 12th cent.), Catalan juny (late 13th cent.), Spanish junio (1236), Portuguese junho (1214 as junho). Italian giugno (1211); also Middle Dutch junius, june (Dutch juni), German Juni (second half of the 14th cent. as Junius), Swedish juni (16th cent. as junius).In Old English and Middle English texts Latin Iunius is often used for the month (in Old English sometimes alongside the vernacular name Ǣrra Līða ; compare also midsummer month n., Sere month n. at sere adj.¹ Compounds 4), e.g.:OE Menologium 109 Þænne monað bringð ymb twa and þreo [i.e. feower] tiida lange Ærra Liða us to tune, Iunius on geard.OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. i. 80 Aprelis, Iunius, September, and Nouember habbað feower and twentig [tida] læs.lOE Laws: Gerefa (Corpus Cambr.) ix. 454 Me mæig in Maio & Iunio & Iulio on sumera fealgian.?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 245 In the honor of whom he ordeynede the monethe of Iunius, that is to saye, of yonger men.In quot. ?a1475 above the Latin name of the month has apparently been reinterpreted as classical Latin iūnius , neuter of iūnior younger (see junior adj.). Compare also Old English Iūniusmōnað ( < classical Latin Iūnius (see above) + month n.¹):eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Otho) v. xxii. 478 Wæs he gehalgod in Cantwarena byrig..þy teoþan dæge Iunius monþes; wæs Sunnandæg.lOE Prognostics (Vesp.) in R. D.-N. Warner Early Eng. Homilies (1917) 91 On Junius monðe, hit bodeð mycele windes, & wulfene wodnysse, & leona. Forms in -ii and -ij may reflect the Latin genitive form Iūnii . The capital forms of the letters J and I were not normally distinguished until the 17th cent. (compare discussion at J n.). The sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, containing 30 days and falling between May and July.Also personified.In the northern hemisphere the summer solstice occurs in June, which is now usually regarded as the first month of summer. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > specific months > [noun] > June JunelOE break of June1820 α. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1110 On Iunies monðe ætywde an steorra norðan eastan. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 8310 (MED) Þus was þe þridde day of Iun antioche inome. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 1843 Mery it is in June and hoot firmament. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 10822 With the monith of May, & the mery Ione. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxxiiii The sayd .xxiiii. day of Iune, whiche was sonday and Midsomerday. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. ii. 75 He was but as the Cuckoe is in Iune, Heard, not regarded. View more context for this quotation 1662 W. Dugdale Hist. Imbanking & Drayning Fens liv. 380 There was a particular view..of the whole Level, begun on the xxith of June next following. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. x. 199 It was now a pleasant Evening in the latter End of June . View more context for this quotation 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere v, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 30 A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June. 1848 J. R. Lowell Vision Sir Launfal i. 5 And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days. a1882 H. C. Kendall Poems (1886) 132 Twenty white-haired Junes have left us—gray with frost and bleak with gale [in Australia]. 1921 Idaho Yarn 20 May 2/1 Buy a ticket and step out with your ‘one and only’ on the third of June. 2003 New Yorker 16 June 45/1 The artist's retrospective opening at..the end of June. β. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 295 Þe firste day of Iuyn.1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxiv. 229 In the monethes of Iuyn and Iuyll next folowyng.a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 54 (MED) The xj day of Iuyne.c1500 Melusine (1895) 16 Theuen..of saint Iohan baptiste, whiche is on the xx. day of Iung [Fr. juing].1503 tr. Kalendayr Shyppars (colophon) Prentyt in parys the .xxiii. day of iuyng oon thowsand ccccc & iii.1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxxvij The.xxv.daie of Iuyn. Compounds C1. General attributive, as June day, June time, June weather, etc. ΚΠ a1425 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1912) 128 287 June þonder toneth grete wyndes. 1765 J. Caldwell Let. to Dublin Soc. 5 The June Crop was the best. 1770 J. Cook Voy. & Trav. Russ. Empire II. xii. 152 In June month, the governer shewed me an order from her majesty. a1812 J. A. Linen Poems in Scots & Eng. Dial. (1815) 96 Nor June-tide, with her heats, opprest Our cots and bow'rs. 1844 R. Buist Rose Man. 16 Adelaide d'Orleans has flowers of a pale rosy blush,..valuable for blooming later than any of what are termed June Roses. 1854 L. C. Moulton This, That & Other 213 Angels have been singing to her in the long days of this pleasant June-time. 1888 Times 16 June 17/1 The fervent sun of a bright June day. 1913 Eng. Jrnl. 2 249 On a recent June morning, while we were chatting in the bachelor apartments of three Harvard graduates. 1998 Portland (Maine) Press Herald (Nexis) 31 May 4 c These and many more make Maytime, followed closely by Junetime, a time of beauty in the boreal woods. 2007 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 16 Oct. (Mersey ed.) 9 The worst ever June weather on record. C2. June apple n. (a) a variety of apple with good keeping qualities; (b) (chiefly U.S.) any of various varieties of early fruiting apple. ΚΠ 1727 B. Langley New Princ. Gardening 56 June Apple, so called because 'twill keep till June. 1848 Mag. Hort., Bot., & Rural Affairs 14 389 June Apple.—Size, medium, nearly round, but varying much in shape [etc.]. 1872 Harper's Mag. Feb. 451/2 The color on her hard cheeks had the crimson hue of a June apple. 1905 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 30 Apr. 16/5 Nowhere on this sphere could June apples be found which would compare with the Denison variety. 2004 S. H. Graham Eat What You Want xvii. 74 My grandmother used to cook with June apples... They're about the size of a raquetball, very pale green, and they invariably have wormholes. June beetle n. now chiefly North American any of various, mainly North American chafers which appear in early summer, many of which are pests of crops; esp. (a) a brown or brownish-black chafer of the large genus Phyllophaga (formerly Lachnosterna), found throughout North America (also called June bug, May beetle); (b) (more fully green June beetle) a green and brown chafer of the genus Cotinis, of the southern U.S. (also called June bug); (c) a striped chafer of the genus Polyphylla. ΚΠ 1856 H. Mayhew Rhine I. v. 196 The hills are ‘shot’..—like a June-beetle's back—with many an emerald tint. 1866 E. S. Phelps in Harper's Mag. May 789/1 Whirr! buzz! swosh! came something through the window into the lamp... Keturah jumped. If you have half the horror of those great June beetles that she has you will know how she jumped. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 288 An American grub, the young of the green June beetle or fig-eater (Cotinis nitida )..is of considerable agricultural importance. 1962 C. L. Metcalf & W. P. Flint Destructive & Useful Insects (ed. 4) ix. 504 The adults [of Phyllophaga or Lachnosterna species] are the well-known brown or brownish-black June beetles, May beetles, or ‘daw bugs’. About 200 species are known. 1972 L. A. Swan & C. S. Papp Common Insects N. Amer. 433 Lined June Beetle: Polyphylla crinita... Pacific coast, from California to British Columbia... The Ten-lined June Beetle, P. decemlineata, is eastern and western in distribution. 2003 Northeastern Naturalist 10 99 Scarab beetles, particularly June beetles (Phyllophaga spp.), are known to be widely abundant in spring and early summer when they emerge from the soil. Juneberry n. North American any of various small North American trees of the genus Amelanchier (family Rosaceæ), esp. Amelanchier canadensis; (also) the often sweet, edible fruit of any of these trees; cf. service-berry n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > June-berry poire1801 Juneberry1810 May-cherry1832 shad-berry1861 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > service-berry or shadbush service1785 saskatoon1802 service-berry1805 Juneberry1810 shad-blossoma1817 shad-flower1817 shad-bush1818 grape-pear1840 service tree1844 shad-blow1846 saskatoon berry1887 veitchberry1913 Indian pear1956 1810 F. A. Michaux Histoire des Arbres Forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale I. 32 June berry. 1832 D. J. Browne Sylva Americana 217 The wood of the June berry is of a pure white. 1854 M. Reid Young Voyageurs 356 The berries..are known as..‘June~berries’ [or] ‘service-berries’. 1928 J. E. LeRossignol Beauport Road 274 The chief attraction..was along the fences and hedgerows where, in season, were strawberries, June berries..dew berries. 2006 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 9 Apr. f5/2 Juneberry, another of its common names [sc. of A. arborea] describes the blueberry-like fruit that develops in June and ripens through summer. June bug n. now chiefly North American any of various chafers which appear in early summer; esp.: (a) North American = June beetle n. (a); (b) North American = June beetle n. (b); (c) the garden chafer, Phyllopertha horticola, a small brown and metallic-green beetle found commonly in Eurasia.In quot. 1799, applied, perhaps by confusion, to a dung beetle. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > miscellaneous types > June-bug June bug1799 1799 E. A. Kendall Beauties Saint Pierre 105 We have not perhaps in Europe any insect of richer and gayer clothing than the beetle and fly, which are sometimes called May, and June, Bugs, and which live on dunghills. c1831 Jim Crow 2 Dere's possum up de gumtree, An Raccoon in de hollow, Wake Snakes for June Bugs Stole my half a dollar. 1836 Congress. Globe 5 May 349/2 They hopped upon it, to use a homely phrase, like a duck on a June-bug. 1866 E. C. Rye Brit. Beetles xiii. 115 Phyllopertha horticola, the small ‘June-bug’.., is often very destructive to plants. 1906 W. Churchill Coniston xv. 189 June-bugs hummed in at the high windows. 1973 M. R. Crowell Greener Pastures 200 At the bird bath I find a June bug—the early brown kind known as a May beetle. 2006 Oxf. Amer. Spring 103/1 A June bug is..a scarab beetle that shows up in numbers when the weather turns warm, then quickly thins out. Hold it close and you'll see yourself fish-eyed in its green, metallic belly. June butter n. now rare butter made in the month of June, regarded as being of particularly high quality. ΚΠ 1837 Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 17 Oct. I brought you a keg of June butter. 1932 F. W. Tanner Microbiol. of Foods 229 After showing that the organism produced a flavor in butter characteristic of highest quality June butter, Conn studied the applicability of the organism in practical dairy work. June gloom n. a period of cloudy weather occurring during or near the month of June; spec. (in Southern California) overcast skies or fog which are often prevalent in the morning during early summer but tend to dissipate by the afternoon. ΚΠ 1900 F. F. Moore According to Plato ix. 78 The lawn at Ranelagh was crowded on this particular Sunday, for the June gloom that had prevailed during the three preceding days had vanished, and the evening sunshine was making everything lovely. 1971 Los Angeles Times 20 June d2/2 A fire burning in the fireplace to dispel the early morning June gloom. 2009 G. Neri Surf Mules 27 The fog rolled in and June gloom engulfed everything, as it did at the start of every summer. June grape n. North American a North American vine, Vitis riparia, producing greenish-white flowers in May or June followed by sour blue-black berries, which are sometimes used for making preserves. ΚΠ 1821 T. Nuttall Jrnl. Trav. Arkansa vii. 137 A species of Vitis, June grape from its ripening at that early period, was also nearly in blossom. 1908 U. P. Hedrick Grapes of N.Y. 121 The first record of Riparia Praecox is a statement by Prince..that Nuttall had told him that the June Grape growing on the Mississippi was the true Vitis odoratissima. 2005 E. N. Kozloff Plants W. Oregon 364 Vitis riparia, June grape or riverbank grape, with a range extending from Nova Scotia to New Mexico, is sometimes cultivated for its red autumn foliage. June grass n. North American any of various chiefly North American grasses; esp. (a) Kentucky bluegrass, Poa pratensis; (b) the prairie grass Koeleria macrantha (formerly K. cristata). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > meadow grass meadow grass1597 silver grass1600 lovegrass1702 spear-grass1747 bluegrass1751 wiregrass1751 poa1753 poa grass1759 Suffolk grass1759 fowl-meadow-grass1774 penguin grass1776 mead grass1778 June grass1840 weeping Polly1880 1840 Farmers' Reg. May 297/1 I sowed about an acre of ruta baga, on good sandy loam soil, somewhat infested with June grass. 1864 R. Jennings Cattle & their Dis. 124 June Grass, better known in some sections as Kentucky Blue Grass, is very common in most sections of the country. 1885 Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 1883–4 9 117 Kœleria cristata... This is a very common grass in all the region west of the Mississippi and in Montana, where I have heard it called ‘June grass’. 1924 T. B. Hutcheson & T. K. Wolfe Production Field Crops xli. 401 Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis), also known as June grass, is not a native of North America but occurs over nearly all of Europe. 2006 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 14 Sept. f1 June grass is like rocky mountain fescue but with lovely silvery seed heads. June plum n. (a) (North American) = Juneberry n. (now rare); (b) (Jamaican) the otaheite apple, Spondias dulcis (family Anacardiaceae); also called jew-plum. ΚΠ 1896 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 9 186 Amelanchier Canadensis..dogwood, boxwood, wild pear, June plum, West. 1942 in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. LePage Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 254/1 Jew-plum... Sometimes called June plum—but it is ripe even in December. 1960 R. A. Vines Trees, Shrubs, & Woody Vines of South West 416 Amelanchier arborea... Vernacular names are..June-plum [etc.]... The berries may be eaten uncooked or made into pies. 2005 Olive Mar. 118/4 You won't go far without coming to a roadside stall selling plump mangoes, sweet bananas, tangy June plums, [etc.]. June Week n. now historical (at Durham University) the last week of the summer term, Commemoration week. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > special day or week Le day1574 commencement day1606 Show Sunday1825 class day1833 presentation day1843 June Week1889 spirit week1923 1889 Durham Univ. Jrnl. 9 1 The end of last term was signalised by what was called by some ‘Commemoration’ and by others ‘the June Week’. 1900 Durham Univ. Jrnl. 14 229 Those who have visited the race-course during the June Week. 1914 Times 18 June 11/6 Durham..rejoices in June Week, high festival of summer, crowning the labours of the academic year. 2008 N. Watson Durham Difference 92 June Week vanished without any mourning in 1968, although the June Ball was retained. Derivatives June-like adj. ΚΠ 1657 J. Harington Hist. Polindor & Flostella (ed. 3) i. 19 Fresh Roses grew Strait on his June-like Lips. 1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings I. 2 The month is June-like—deliciously warm and bright. 1897 Daily News 14 May 6/5 The weather..was anything but June-like. 1995 Herald-Sun (Durham, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 9 Apr. b7 The weather in Durham took on a June-like feeling as brisk southwesterly winds brought in warm air and sent the mercury soaring. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). junev. Brit. /dʒuːn/, U.S. /dʒun/ Etymology: ? < June n. U.S. colloquial and dialect. a. intransitive. To move in a lively fashion, hurry; to be restless or aimless; to wander around. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity trifle?a1400 loiterc1400 tiffc1440 tifflec1440 to pick a salad1520 to play the wanton1529 fiddle1530 dauntc1540 piddle1545 dally?1548 pittlea1568 pingle1574 puddle1591 to thrum caps1594 maginate1623 meecha1625 pudder1624 dabble1631 fanfreluche1653 dawdlea1656 taigle17.. niff-naff1728 tiddle1747 peddle1755 gammer1788 quiddle1789 muddle1791 browse1803 niddle1808 poke1811 fal-lal1818 potter1824 footer1825 putter1827 shaffle1828 to fool about1838 mike1838 piffle1847 mess1853 to muck about1856 tinker1856 bohemianize1857 to fool around1860 frivol1866 june1869 muss1876 to muddle about (also around)1877 slummock1877 dicker1888 moodle1893 to fart about1899 to fart about (or around)1899 plouter1899 futz1907 monkey1916 to arse around1919 to play around1929 to fuck around1931 tool1932 frig1933 boondoggle1935 to muck around1935 to screw around1935 to bugger about1937 to bugger around1939 to piss about1943 to dick around1948 to jerk around1953 fart-arse1954 to fanny around1969 slop1973 dork1982 to twat around (or about)1992 to dick about1996 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and briskly fisk1393 trotc1416 whippet1540 skip1587 skice1591 trig1599 brisk1727 nip1825 june1869 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander > idly roil?c1335 gada1500 stavera1500 vaguea1525 scoterlope1574 idle1599 haika1605 saunter1671 stravaig1801 palmer1805 streel1805 taver1808 traik1818 gander1822 gallivant1823 gilravage1825 project1828 daud1831 meander1831 to knock about1833 to kick about1839 to knock round1848 piroot1858 sashay1865 june1869 tootle1902 slop1907 beetle1919 stooge1941 swan1942 1869 Overland Monthly Aug. 127/2 A trig, smirk little horse is a ‘lace-horse’, and he often has to ‘june’ or ‘quill’. 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms To June (Texas), to go. 1892 Dial. Notes 1 230 June-in', running fast. ‘She came a-june-in'.’ 1895 W. C. Gore in Inlander Nov. 61 June around, to be busy but not accomplish anything. 1948 Amer. Speech 23 305/1 You stay here and I'll go down and june around awhile. b. transitive. To drive briskly. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > impel or drive animates > rapidly brush1827 romp1895 june1903 1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy xiv. 228 To june a herd of cattle across in this manner would have been shameful. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.lOEv.1869
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