Twelfthtide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The season including Epiphany (the twelfth day after Christmas) and the evening of the preceding day (Twelfth Night), regarded as the end of the Christmas season; Epiphany itself.

Pronunciation

/ˈtwɛlfθtaɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Twelfthtide.wav

Word forms

Twelfthtide Twelfth tide Twelfth-tide

Etymology

From twelfth + -tide.

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