sunstead
Syllables: sun·stead/ˈsʌnstɛd/
sunstead noun: a solstice.
Noun
sunstead (plural sunsteads)
- A solstice.
- Now was it the season of the yeer past sun-stead in summer and neer unto the houre of noon-stead in the day, so as they journeyed in a way full of dust, when the sun was exceeding hot; and even now they began to feel thirst and weariness already.1600, Livy, translated by Philemon Holland, The Romane Historie, London: Printed by Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 1193
- The summer-sunnestead falleth out alwaies [in Italie] to be just upon the foure and twentie day of June, at what time as the sunne is entred eight degrees within Cancer.1635, Pliny the Elder; Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the VVorld: Commonly Called, the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland Doctor of...
Forms of sunstead
| plural | sunsteads |
|---|---|
| alternative form | sun-stead |
| alternative form (obsolete) | sunnestead |
| alternative form (obsolete) | sunsted |
Origin of sunstead
From sun + stead (“place, point, spot, position”), a calque of Latin sōlstitium. Compare Old English sunnstede.
Words formed from sunstead
Questions about sunstead
- What does sunstead mean?
- Sunstead means a solstice.
- What part of speech is sunstead?
- Sunstead is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sunstead?
- Sunstead is pronounced /ˈsʌnstɛd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sunstead?
- The plural of sunstead is sunsteads.
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