Whitsun

[ hwit-suhn, wit- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Whitsunday or Whitsuntide.

noun

1. Whitsunday or Whitsuntide.

Whitsun

/ ˈwɪtsən /

noun

1. See Whitsuntide
   short for Whitsuntide

adjective

1. of or relating to Whit Sunday or Whitsuntide

Word History and Origins

Origin of Whitsun¹

1250–1300; Middle English Whitsone ( n ), shortening of whitsonenday (by analysis as whitsonen-day ); Whitsunday

Example Sentences

Some two years later, during the Whitsun holiday, I had taken one of my daughters to the cinema and arrived home about 10.30pm.

From The Daily Beast

A May-pole was an abomination equalled only in atrocity by a "Whitsun-ale" or a "Morris-dance."

From Project Gutenberg

Two Whitsun-eves running it had caught fire and burned to the ground.

From Project Gutenberg

During the Whitsun festival carriages are scarcely to be procured in the whole of Montenegro, or in Cattaro either.

From Project Gutenberg

Prominent amongst all the youths stood the Whitsun King of the year before.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, my beloved little brother, are you not aware that to-day is red Whitsun Day?

From Project Gutenberg