midholiday

English

Alternative forms

  • mid-holiday

Etymology

From mid- +‎ holiday.

Adjective

midholiday (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to, or taking place during, the middle part of a holiday or festive period.
    • 1916 January 1, “The Markets”, in American Lumberman‎[1], number 2120, Vance Publishing Corporation, page 65:
      The midholiday season seems to have very little effect on the building material demand in Chicago.
    • 1958 November 29, “Nonstriking Airlines Set For Surge Of Passengers”, in East Liverpool Review‎[2], volume 80, number 31, page 1:
      But on Thanksgiving Day, a midholiday lull settled in, and the airlines still operating were easily able to take up the slack created by the walkouts.
    • 1999, Gloria Kaufer Greene, The "New" Jewish Holiday Cookbook: an International Collection of Recipes and Customs‎[3], New York: Times Books, →ISBN, page 370:
      This mina is sometimes served as part of a Sephardic Seder dinner. It can also stand on its own as a main course for a midholiday meal.
    • 2006 December 22, The Austin Chronicle‎[4], volume 26, number 16, page 86:
      The Capital City Mystery Players will perform this comedy whodunit with dinner just in time for your midholiday entertainment.
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