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midsummer madness

midsummer madness noun: madness attributable to the heat of summer, or to the midsummer moon.

Noun

midsummer madness (uncountable)

  1. Madness attributable to the heat of summer, or to the midsummer moon.
    • Why this is very midsummer madness.c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • "Madness. Midsummer madness," muttered Gulliman.1959, Isaac Asimov, “All the Troubles of the World”, in Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the Near Future, →OCLC, page 160

Questions about midsummer madness

What does midsummer madness mean?
Midsummer madness means madness attributable to the heat of summer, or to the midsummer moon.
What part of speech is midsummer madness?
Midsummer madness is a noun.

Words near midsummer madness in the dictionary

  1. midsummer
  2. midsummer daisies
  3. midsummer daisy
  4. Midsummer Day
  5. Midsummer Days
  6. midsummer madness
  7. midsummer men
  8. midsummer moon
  9. midsummer moons
  10. midsummerish
  11. midsummers

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