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seedtime.

The time to sow seeds.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsiːdˌtaɪm/
  1. The time to sow seeds.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A time for new development.

    countable · figuratively · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English seed tyme, from Old English sǣdtīma (“time for sowing, season”), from Proto-West Germanic *sādatīmō, from Proto-Germanic *sēdatīmô (“seedtime”), equivalent to seed + time. Cognate with Icelandic sáðtími (“sowing time, seedtime”). Compare also West Frisian siedtiid (“seedtime”), Dutch zaaitijd (“sowing time, seedtime”), German Saatzeit (“season for sowing seed”), Swedish såddtid (“sowing time, seedtime”), Faroese sáðtíð (“sowing time”), Old Norse sáðtíð (“April”, literally “seed time”).

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