yuletide
see also: Yuletide
Noun

yuletide

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Yuletide#English|Yuletide (“Christmas or the Christmas season”).
  2. The flower Camellia sasanqua, native to Japan and nearby islands.
Synonyms
Yuletide
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈjuːlˌtaɪd/
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈjulˌtaɪd/
Noun

yuletide

  1. (dated) The period around Christmas; the Christmas season, Christmastime; specifically, Christmas itself.
    • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 17: Ithaca]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare & Co.; Sylvia Beach, OCLC 560090630 ↗; republished London: Published for the Egoist Press, London by John Rodker, Paris, October 1922, OCLC 2297483 ↗, page 673 ↗:
      What did the first locked drawer contain? […] a Yuletide card, bearing on it a pictorial representation of a parasitic plant, the legend Mizpah, the date Xmas 1892, the name of the senders: from Mr and Mrs M. Comerford, the versicle: May this Yuletide bring to thee, Joy and peace and welcome glee: {{...}
  2. (dated, or Germanic Neo-Paganism) The period of celebration of a pre-Christian festival associated with the (northern) winter solstice, later absorbed into the festival of Christmas (but sometimes recreated by modern neo-pagans).
  3. (Australia, regional) The period of southern winter#Noun|winter in the middle of the year, sometimes celebrated in the colder, snowy regions of Australia with allusions to Christmas, which originated as a marketing#Adjective|marketing gimmick.
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