Definition of Midsummer Night

1. Noun. The night before Midsummer Day.

Exact synonyms: June 23, Midsummer Eve, St John's Eve, St John's Night
Generic synonyms: Day
Group relationships: June

Lexicographical Neighbors of Midsummer Night

Midianite
Midianites
Midianitish
Midir
Midlander
Midlanders
Midlands
Midlothian
Midrash
Midrashic
Midrashim
Midsummer's Day
Midsummer Day
Midsummer Eve
Midsummer Night (current term)
Midway Islander
Midway Islands
Midwest
Midwestern
Midwesterner
Midwesterners
Mien
Mies Van Der Rohe
Miescher
Miescher's elastoma
Miescher's granuloma
Miescher's tubes
Mig

Literary usage of Midsummer Night

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"New Repub 2: 78 F 20 '15 Midsummer night's dream at Wallack's theatre. ... Cath World 140:754-66 Mr '10 Midsummer night's dream Barker's Shakespeare praised ..."

2. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"—Same: new ed.: efl. by WW Greg. (Tudor and Stuart lib.) D. Ivl, 100p. «$1.75. '10. Oxford. 10-14337 Midsummer-night's dream; ed. by W: Allan Neilson. ..."

3. The Poems and Plays of John Masefield by John Masefield (1918)
"Midsummer Night The perfect disc of the sacred moon Through still blue heaven serenely swims, And the lone bird's liquid music brims The peace of the night ..."

4. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1876)
"A Midsummer Night . ... Sad eyes seek over the scene around— Clear eyes of azure light, Yet sadder than if tear-dimm'd and drown'd On that midsummer night. ..."

5. Through Russian Central Asia by Stephen Graham (1916)
"XII "Midsummer Night AMONG THE TENT- DWELLERS" I WALKED forth from Kopal on a broad moorland road, ..."

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