St Luken.

Brit.

/s(ə)nt ˈluːk/, U.S.

/ˌseɪn(t) ˈluk/

Forms: 1800s–1900s St. Luke, 1900s– Saint Luke, 2000s– St Luke.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name St Luke.

Etymology: < St Luke, the name of an apostle and one of the four evangelists.

English regional (southern). Now chiefly historical.

Paired with summer in phrases denoting a spell of weather perceived as unseasonably warm and dry occurring around St Luke's Day (18 October), as St Luke's (little) summer, (little) summer of St Luke. Cf. St Martin's Summer n. at St Martin n. Compounds.

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1824 T. Forster Perennial Cal. 566 Fair warm weather frequently occurs about this time, and..is called, in the south of England, St. Luke's Little Summer.

1855 Notes & Queries 10 Nov. 366/1 A few fine days about this time, called ‘St. Luke's little summer’, which the good folks of Hants and Dorset always expect about the 18th of this month [sc. October].

1881 G. Milner Country Pleasures xli. 232 As autumn proceeds, we watch anxiously for that season of respite which..is known..in our own country as the Little Summer of St. Luke.

1915 E. T. Fowler Ten Degrees Backward vi. 99 I'm grateful for St. Luke's summer, but I don't delude myself into imagining that it is the real summer come back again.

1957 ‘Miss Read’ Village Diary 204 Since the [October] gale the weather has turned soft and warm. Mr Willet tells me it is Saint Luke's little summer.

2015 Times (Nexis) 17 Oct. 79 A good example of St Luke's summer was in October 2008 when the weather was sunny, warm and calm—some compensation for a washout summer that year.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	st luke
释义	St Luken. Brit. /s(ə)nt ˈluːk/, U.S. /ˌseɪn(t) ˈluk/ Forms: 1800s–1900s St. Luke, 1900s– Saint Luke, 2000s– St Luke. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name St Luke. Etymology: < St Luke, the name of an apostle and one of the four evangelists. English regional (southern). Now chiefly historical. Paired with summer in phrases denoting a spell of weather perceived as unseasonably warm and dry occurring around St Luke's Day (18 October), as St Luke's (little) summer, (little) summer of St Luke. Cf. St Martin's Summer n. at St Martin n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1824 T. Forster Perennial Cal. 566 Fair warm weather frequently occurs about this time, and..is called, in the south of England, St. Luke's Little Summer. 1855 Notes & Queries 10 Nov. 366/1 A few fine days about this time, called ‘St. Luke's little summer’, which the good folks of Hants and Dorset always expect about the 18th of this month [sc. October]. 1881 G. Milner Country Pleasures xli. 232 As autumn proceeds, we watch anxiously for that season of respite which..is known..in our own country as the Little Summer of St. Luke. 1915 E. T. Fowler Ten Degrees Backward vi. 99 I'm grateful for St. Luke's summer, but I don't delude myself into imagining that it is the real summer come back again. 1957 ‘Miss Read’ Village Diary 204 Since the [October] gale the weather has turned soft and warm. Mr Willet tells me it is Saint Luke's little summer. 2015 Times (Nexis) 17 Oct. 79 A good example of St Luke's summer was in October 2008 when the weather was sunny, warm and calm—some compensation for a washout summer that year. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1824
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