Twelfthtide

[ twelfth-tahyd ]

noun

1. the season of Twelfth Night and Twelfth Day.

Twelfthtide

/ ˈtwɛlfθˌtaɪd /

noun

1. 1. the season of Epiphany
   2. ( as modifier )

      the Twelfthtide celebrations

Word History and Origins

Origin of Twelfthtide¹

1520–30; Twelfth (Day) ( def ) or (Night) ( def ) + tide ¹

Example Sentences

Thy wakes, thy quintals, here thou hast, Thy May-poles, too, with garlands graced, Thy morris-dance, thy Whitsun-ale, Thy shearing-feast, which never fail, Thy harvest home, thy wassail-bowl, That's tossed up after fox-i'-th'-hole, Thy mummeries, thy Twelfthtide kings And queens, thy Christmas revellings, Thy nut-brown mirth, thy russet wit, And no man pays too dear for it.

From Project Gutenberg

The calends also of January were solemnized with licentious shows in honor of Janus and the goddess Strenia: and it is from those infamous diversions that among Christians, are derived the profane riots of new year's day, twelfthtide, and shrovetide, by which many pervert these times into days of sin and intemperance.

From Project Gutenberg