May Dayn.¹

Brit.

/ˈmeɪ deɪ/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪ ˌdeɪ/

Forms: see May n.² and day n.; also Scottish pre-1700 Meday.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: May n.², day n.

Etymology: < May n.² + day n.

1. The first day of May, traditionally an occasion for springtime festivities, and later also designated a holiday in honour of working people in many countries (also known outside North America as Labour Day: see labour n. Compounds 1). Also: any other day near the start of May designated a public holiday (in the United Kingdom the first Monday in May).

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the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year

Candlemas1014

May Day1267

All Souls' Dayc1300

midsummer evena1400

firstc1400

Beltane1424

midsummer eve1426

quarter day1435

Beltane1456

mid-Sundaya1475

madding-day1568

Lord Mayor's day1591

Barnaby bright1595

Lammas-eve1597

All Saints' Night1607

Handsel Monday1635

distaff's day1648

long Barnabya1657

St. Valentine's eve1671

leet-day1690

All Fools' Day1702

Boxing Day1743

April Fool's Day1748

Royal Oak Day1759

box day1765

Oak-apple Day1802

All Souls' Eve1805

mischief night1830

Shick-shack Day1847

chalk-back day1851

call night1864

Nut-Monday1867

Arbor Day1872

April Fool's1873

Labour Day1884

Martinmas Sunday1885

call day1886

Samhain1888

Juneteenth1890

Mother's Day1890

Father's Day1908

Thinking Day1927

Punkie night1931

Tweede Nuwejaar1947

1267–8 in F. M. Page Wellingborough Manorial Accts. (1936) 9 (MED) Item de collectis a die compoti usque Mayday, vj [cheeses].

1438 in C. Gross Gild Merchant (1890) II. 65 (MED) On Mayday the yerre of our lord Kyng Henry þe Seixt xvi, anno Dom. 1438.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 55 Than kynge Arthure lette sende for all the children that were borne in May-day.

1527 in D. Knowles Saints & Scholars (1962) xx. 157 To the maydens at grymley for synging on maye day.

1541 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 382 Peyd for wyne on May Dey when we rode Mey.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 387 On Mayday, the greate Procession of the Universitie, & the Mulatiers at st. Antonies.

1707 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Diverting Wks. 452 One of those ticklers of Cats-guts that march before the Milk-women upon May-day.

1776 Customs Manor Epworth in W. B. Stonehouse Hist. Isle of Axholme (1839) 145 The Lord is entitled to make one drift of the commons, between May-day and Midsummer, in order to ascertain whose cattle are pasturing thereon.

1822 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 11 May 2/5 New-York, on May day, looks something like a town besieged.

1863 R. Chambers Bk. of Days I. 571/1 The observances of May-day.

1898 H. R. Haggard in Longman's Mag. Mar. 407 Nine May-days out of ten are distinguished by abominable and frigid weather.

1935 N. Mitchison We have been Warned ii. 172 In Moscow..on May Day there are great processions..and marching by the Red Army.

1973 Times 23 Apr. 2/8 Six hundred workers employed by the Metal Box Company at Wisbech..have voted to work normally on May Day.

1989 J. Smith Fairs, Feasts & Frolics (BNC) 49 The Black Hats versus White Hats centenary match took place on May Day, Monday the 5th May 1980.

2. Evil May Day n. 1 May 1517, on which London apprentices attacked foreign artisans and merchants on account of their advantages in trade (chiefly allusive in early use). Also †Ill May Day (obsolete). Now historical.

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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > of battles, wars, treaties, etc.

day of truce1486

Evil May Dayc1590

Bonfire Night1661

Pope Day1769

Pope Night1773

the Fourth (of July)1779

Town Taking Day1788

Independence Day1791

Independent Day1803

Guy Fawkes day1825

Bastille Day1837

Trafalgar Day1837

Turkey Day1870

Canada Day1882

Juneteenth1890

flag-day1894

Patriots' Day1894

Remembrance Day1895

twelfth1896

Quatorze Juillet1899

quatorze1915

Armistice Day1918

Poppy Day1921

Remembrance Sunday1925

VJ-day1944

Commonwealth Day1958

c1590 Sir Thomas More (1911) 16 Burne downe their kennelles let vs s[traite] away, least that this prooue to vs an ill May daye.

1661 O. Felltham Lusoria xxv. 23 in Resolves (rev. ed.) For his sake all our Successors shall This day the second evil May-day call.

1822 R. Nares Gloss. Ill May-day, i.e. Evil May-day, the 1st of May, 1517, when the apprentices of London rose against the privileged foreigners, whose advantages in trade had occasioned great jealousy.

1900 Dict. National Biogr. LXII. 328/2 The riot on ‘Evil Mayday’.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

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1615 T. Heywood Foure Prentises i. B 2 b Hee will not let mee see a mustering, Nor in a May-day morning fetch in May.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 14 'Tis as much impossible..To scatter 'em, as 'tis to make 'em sleepe On May-day Morning.

1707 C. Cibber Double Gallant ii. 16 Tall, streight, well Limb'd, walk'd firm; and a Look as chearful as a May-day Morning.

1730 E. Thomas Metamorphosis of Town 21 Straw, lin'd with Green, their May-day Hats.

1793 C. Smith Old Manor House I. vi. 131 I never suffer her to stick herself out in feathers and flowers like a May-day girl.

1843 G. P. R. James Forest Days I. iv. 54 The May-day games of old England.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. ii. 15 The May-Day dance..was to be discerned..in the guise of the club revel, or ‘club-walking’, as it was there called.

1906 (title) Our May Day Manifesto.

1930 I. Low His Master's Voice x. 120 Scaffolding began to appear in the Red Square for May Day celebrations.

1954 C. R. Attlee As it Happened iv. 32 There were many May Day demonstrations in which I joined.

1996 China Post (Taipei) 1 May 1/5 Measures to avert any attacks Chechen rebels might plan to disrupt May Day festivities in Russia.

C2.

† May Day sweep n. Obsolete a chimney sweep decorated with ribbons and flowers for the London sweeps' May Day festival.

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society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > persons and characters > [noun] > characters in May-day festivities

May-lady1564

savage mana1577

green man1578

May Marian1582

May Queen1600

malkina1625

Jack o' the green1729

Jack-in-the-bush1792

Jack in the green1794

May Day sweep1832

green1836

Maid Marian1893

1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster III. iii. 32 The frolic gambols of the May-day sweep.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	may day
释义	May Dayn.¹ Brit. /ˈmeɪ deɪ/, U.S. /ˈmeɪ ˌdeɪ/ Forms: see May n.² and day n.; also Scottish pre-1700 Meday. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: May n.², day n. Etymology: < May n.² + day n. 1. The first day of May, traditionally an occasion for springtime festivities, and later also designated a holiday in honour of working people in many countries (also known outside North America as Labour Day: see labour n. Compounds 1). Also: any other day near the start of May designated a public holiday (in the United Kingdom the first Monday in May). ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year Candlemas1014 May Day1267 All Souls' Dayc1300 midsummer evena1400 firstc1400 Beltane1424 midsummer eve1426 quarter day1435 Beltane1456 mid-Sundaya1475 madding-day1568 Lord Mayor's day1591 Barnaby bright1595 Lammas-eve1597 All Saints' Night1607 Handsel Monday1635 distaff's day1648 long Barnabya1657 St. Valentine's eve1671 leet-day1690 All Fools' Day1702 Boxing Day1743 April Fool's Day1748 Royal Oak Day1759 box day1765 Oak-apple Day1802 All Souls' Eve1805 mischief night1830 Shick-shack Day1847 chalk-back day1851 call night1864 Nut-Monday1867 Arbor Day1872 April Fool's1873 Labour Day1884 Martinmas Sunday1885 call day1886 Samhain1888 Juneteenth1890 Mother's Day1890 Father's Day1908 Thinking Day1927 Punkie night1931 Tweede Nuwejaar1947 1267–8 in F. M. Page Wellingborough Manorial Accts. (1936) 9 (MED) Item de collectis a die compoti usque Mayday, vj [cheeses]. 1438 in C. Gross Gild Merchant (1890) II. 65 (MED) On Mayday the yerre of our lord Kyng Henry þe Seixt xvi, anno Dom. 1438. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 55 Than kynge Arthure lette sende for all the children that were borne in May-day. 1527 in D. Knowles Saints & Scholars (1962) xx. 157 To the maydens at grymley for synging on maye day. 1541 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 382 Peyd for wyne on May Dey when we rode Mey. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 387 On Mayday, the greate Procession of the Universitie, & the Mulatiers at st. Antonies. 1707 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Diverting Wks. 452 One of those ticklers of Cats-guts that march before the Milk-women upon May-day. 1776 Customs Manor Epworth in W. B. Stonehouse Hist. Isle of Axholme (1839) 145 The Lord is entitled to make one drift of the commons, between May-day and Midsummer, in order to ascertain whose cattle are pasturing thereon. 1822 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 11 May 2/5 New-York, on May day, looks something like a town besieged. 1863 R. Chambers Bk. of Days I. 571/1 The observances of May-day. 1898 H. R. Haggard in Longman's Mag. Mar. 407 Nine May-days out of ten are distinguished by abominable and frigid weather. 1935 N. Mitchison We have been Warned ii. 172 In Moscow..on May Day there are great processions..and marching by the Red Army. 1973 Times 23 Apr. 2/8 Six hundred workers employed by the Metal Box Company at Wisbech..have voted to work normally on May Day. 1989 J. Smith Fairs, Feasts & Frolics (BNC) 49 The Black Hats versus White Hats centenary match took place on May Day, Monday the 5th May 1980. 2. Evil May Day n. 1 May 1517, on which London apprentices attacked foreign artisans and merchants on account of their advantages in trade (chiefly allusive in early use). Also †Ill May Day (obsolete). Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > of battles, wars, treaties, etc. day of truce1486 Evil May Dayc1590 Bonfire Night1661 Pope Day1769 Pope Night1773 the Fourth (of July)1779 Town Taking Day1788 Independence Day1791 Independent Day1803 Guy Fawkes day1825 Bastille Day1837 Trafalgar Day1837 Turkey Day1870 Canada Day1882 Juneteenth1890 flag-day1894 Patriots' Day1894 Remembrance Day1895 twelfth1896 Quatorze Juillet1899 quatorze1915 Armistice Day1918 Poppy Day1921 Remembrance Sunday1925 VJ-day1944 Commonwealth Day1958 c1590 Sir Thomas More (1911) 16 Burne downe their kennelles let vs s[traite] away, least that this prooue to vs an ill May daye. 1661 O. Felltham Lusoria xxv. 23 in Resolves (rev. ed.) For his sake all our Successors shall This day the second evil May-day call. 1822 R. Nares Gloss. Ill May-day, i.e. Evil May-day, the 1st of May, 1517, when the apprentices of London rose against the privileged foreigners, whose advantages in trade had occasioned great jealousy. 1900 Dict. National Biogr. LXII. 328/2 The riot on ‘Evil Mayday’. Compounds C1. General attributive. ΚΠ 1615 T. Heywood Foure Prentises i. B 2 b Hee will not let mee see a mustering, Nor in a May-day morning fetch in May. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 14 'Tis as much impossible..To scatter 'em, as 'tis to make 'em sleepe On May-day Morning. View more context for this quotation 1707 C. Cibber Double Gallant ii. 16 Tall, streight, well Limb'd, walk'd firm; and a Look as chearful as a May-day Morning. 1730 E. Thomas Metamorphosis of Town 21 Straw, lin'd with Green, their May-day Hats. 1793 C. Smith Old Manor House I. vi. 131 I never suffer her to stick herself out in feathers and flowers like a May-day girl. 1843 G. P. R. James Forest Days I. iv. 54 The May-day games of old England. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. ii. 15 The May-Day dance..was to be discerned..in the guise of the club revel, or ‘club-walking’, as it was there called. 1906 (title) Our May Day Manifesto. 1930 I. Low His Master's Voice x. 120 Scaffolding began to appear in the Red Square for May Day celebrations. 1954 C. R. Attlee As it Happened iv. 32 There were many May Day demonstrations in which I joined. 1996 China Post (Taipei) 1 May 1/5 Measures to avert any attacks Chechen rebels might plan to disrupt May Day festivities in Russia. C2. † May Day sweep n. Obsolete a chimney sweep decorated with ribbons and flowers for the London sweeps' May Day festival. 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May Dayn.1

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May Dayn.¹