yuletide

Meaning

  1. (alt-of, countable, uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Yuletide (“Christmas or the Christmas season”).
  2. (countable, uncountable) The flower Camellia sasanqua, native to Japan and nearby islands.

Frequency

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Etymology

In summary

From Yule (“Germanic Winter Festival”) + -tide (“period around a festival, season”); compare Swedish juletid.

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