Indian summer

Noun

Meaning

a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

autumn canicule canicular days Saint Martin's summer St. Luke's summer St. Martin's summer little summer of St. Luke st. luke's little summer michaelmas summer all-hallown summer

Hypernyms

period period of time time period

Examples

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled. Henry Adams

[I first climbed Half Dome on] one of those brooding days that come just between Indian summer and winter, when the clouds are like living creatures. John Muir

All this in an Indian summer while driving around with cooked food without air conditioning in the car. Source: Internet

Dust from the Middle East has significant effects on atmospheric heating, global atmospheric circulation patterns, regional oceanographic processes, and on the Indian summer monsoon system. Source: Internet

Many areas have their own established expectations of Indian summer such as, “right after the first killing frost,” “right before the first snowfall,” and other mystical expectations that define, “Indian Summer.” Source: Internet

To what extent, tropical weather in general or Indian summer in particular will play out during this battle against an invisible virus. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Indian subcontinent indian subcontinent sea Indian suckerfish Indian sunbeam Indian sunburn Indian swiftlet