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[ vahl-poor-gis ] / vɑlˈpʊər gɪs /
nounSaint, a.d. c710–780, English missionary and abbess in Germany: feast day May 1. Also Walburga, Wal·pur·ga [vahl-poor-gah]. /vɑlˈpʊər gɑ/. Words nearby WalpurgisWalnut Creek, walnut family, walnut husk fly, walnut oil, Walpole, Walpurgis, Walpurgis Night, Walras, walrus, walrus moustache, walrus mustache Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for WalpurgisIt is matched six months away by the festival of May Day and by the eve of Walpurgis Night which precedes it. Joseph Campbell on the Roots of Halloween|Joseph Campbell|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST So the Walpurgis ended in darkness, and the company instinctively held their breaths. The House by the Church-Yard|J. Sheridan Le Fanu Then as usually happens towards the end of these Walpurgis nights, he got back to bed again, and slept calmly and dreamlessly. Dodo's Daughter|E. F. Benson There was nothing of Walpurgis in their stereotyped allurement. Carnival|Compton Mackenzie
On which she stated that, on Walpurgis eve she had called upon this woman, because she had something to say to her. Fiends, Ghosts, and Sprites|John Nettin Radcliffe That is the single object of all done here to-night,—all these strange proceedings, making a sort of Walpurgis night of Sunday. Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume XI (of 20)|Charles Sumner
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