Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: suitor – summertime
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suitor, n. [see suit, v.]
A caller; someone who propositions; someone seeking a relation with someone or something else; someone seeking a specific end.
sulk (-ed), v. [L. 'to plough, furrow'.]
To be sad about something; to bury oneself or hide and wallow in sorrow.
sullen, adj. [later form of solein.]
Gloomy; pliable; bendable.
sullied, adj. [Fr. souiller, to soil.]
Soiled; dirty; stained; tarnished; impure.
sulphuret (-s), n. [L. 'sulphur'.]
Combination of elements using sulphur; charcoal.
sum (-s), n. [OFr < L. 'higher'.]
- The amount of the total of the addition of two or more parts, monetary or time.
- The value or worth of something.
- The cost of the sacrifice of something.
sum (-s), v. [see sum, n.]
- Count; add; total up.
- Comprise; condense; encompass.
- Equal; total.
summer, adj. [see summer, n.]
Sunny; warm; verdant; estival; having good weather; pertaining to the growing season of the year.
summer (-s, -'s), n. [OE 'half-year'.]
- Warmer weather.
- Season before the cool weather comes; [kenning: “summer's brows”] crops; harvests; garden yields; fields and foliage.
- Warmth; light; verdure; long days; [fig.] affection; enlightenment; sustenance; endless delight.
- Period of the year with most daylight.
- Gathering season; [fig.] celestial glory; resurrection day; the kingdom of God (see Luke 21:29-31).
- Time when many flowers bloom; [personification] a well-dressed woman; a fastidious matron; a reverent person.
- Prime; bloom; time of life-giving forces; [fig.] life; lifetime; life span.
- Glorious season; lovely time of the year; [fig.] delightful day; time of complete joy.
- Growing season; time in the northern hemisphere when plants, flowers, and other living things flourish; [personification] a Bride decked in flowers for her wedding day.
- Season comprising June, July, and August in the northern hemisphere; June 21st through September 20th; time period of about three months.
- Warmest season; time of the year between spring and fall.
- Fullness; high point of the seasons; time of longest days; period of most light in the year; [word play on “sum”] auditor; accountant; one who casts up an account (see NW's definition “one who casts accounts”).
- Phrase. “Summer's full”: Midsummer; time of most sunlight in the calendar year; solstice that happens about June 21st each year in the northern hemisphere of the earth.
- Phrase. “Indian Summer”: (see Indian, proper adj.) reprisal; period of warmer weather in autumn; time of summer temperatures in the fall season of the year.
summertime, n. [see summer, n. + time, n.]
Season of sunshine; time of flowers and fruits in the fields.