midwinter

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the middle and often coldest part of winter

   Even in midwinter, green plants could be pulled from the pond.

2. 2
   adj

   occurring in or characteristic of the middle of winter

   A midwinter thaw exposed patches of grass beside the road.

From Old English midwinter, a compound of mid and winter, with cognates across the Germanic languages. It can refer broadly to the middle of the winter season and, more narrowly in older calendars, to the winter solstice period.

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