Maytime

[ mey-tahym ]

noun

1. the month of May.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Maytime¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; May + time

Example Sentences

So, with additions from other communities, the list grows, and the warblers killed by the spray include those that most charm and fascinate all who are aware of them: the black-and-white, the yellow, the magnolia, and the Cape May; the ovenbird, whose call throbs in the Maytime woods; the Blackburnian, whose wings are touched with flame; the chestnut-sided, the Canadian, and the black-throated green.

From Literature

It was also to such men that the revelry of Christmastide, Maytime, and the like were most precious.

From Project Gutenberg

Always before, when Maytime took her way Across the fields, I followed close.

From Project Gutenberg

Not yet the round clouds of the Maytime cling Above the world's blue wonder's curving show, And tempt to linger with their lingering.

From Project Gutenberg

Richard, his son, a jolly youth Rode with him, fresh from Thomas's, As merry as a yearling is In maytime in a clover patch.

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