Eastermonth

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Eastermonth

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Calque of Old English Ēastermōnaþ (“April”, literally “Easter-month”), equivalent to Easter + month. Cognate with Old Dutch ōstermānoth (“April”), German Ostermonat (“April”, literally “Easter-month”) (cp. German Ostermond (“April”, literally “Easter-moon”)).

proper noun Easter month · Easter Month · Easter-month

poetic The typical month of the Paschal cycle; Paschal month; the month in which Easter typically occurs; April. It is pretended that it is a heathen institution, or copied from a heathen institution; which reflection is derived from the circumstance of there having been a goddess called by different writers Aoster, Eoster, Eostre, Oster, or Easter, whose feast was celebrated in the month of April, which was t

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@misc{eastermonth_2026,
  title = {Eastermonth},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eastermonth},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}