midsummer(n = noun.time) june 21, summer solstice - June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point;
is a kind of solstice
is a part of june, summer, summertime
The middle of summer. Shak. [1913 Webster]
midsummer, n. the period of or near the summer solstice, about 21 June.
Idiom:
Midsummer (or Midsummer's) Day 24 June. midsummer madness extreme folly.
Etymology:
OE midsumor (as MID(1), SUMMER(1))
N morning, morn, forenoon, a, m, prime, dawn, daybreak, dayspring, foreday, sunup, peep of day, break of day, aurora, first blush of the morning, first flush of the morning, prime of the morning, twilight, crepuscule, sunrise, cockcrow, cockcrowing, the small hours, the wee hours of the morning, spring, vernal equinox, first point of Aries, noon, midday, noonday, noontide, meridian, prime, nooning, noontime, summer, midsummer, matin, matutinal, vernal, at sunrise, with the sun, with the lark, when the morning dawns, at shut of evening flowers, entre chien et loup, flames in the forehead of the morning sky, the breezy call of incense-breathing morn.