July
(dʒuːˈlaɪ)
Forms: α. 3 Iul, 3–5 Iule, 4–5 Iuil, Iuyl, 5–6 Iuyll(e. β. (2 gen. Iulies), 3, 6–7 Iulie, 6 Iulii, 5–7 Iuly, 7– July.
[In OE. in L. form. In ME. Jule, Juil, a. OF. Jule, Juil, Julle:—L. Jūlium acc. of Jūlius; also Julie, a. AF. Julie, ad. L. Jūlius. The latter form was accented ˈJuly as late as Dr. Johnson's time; it is still (ˈdʒ{obar}lɪ) in Southern Sc.; the modern Eng. pronunciation is abnormal and unexplained.]
The seventh month of the year, so named after Julius Cæsar.
| [c 1050 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) VIII. 316 Iulius on Þam forman dæᵹe anre nihte eald. a 1100 Gerefa ibid. (1886) IX. 261 Me mæiᵹ in Maio and Junio and Julio on sumera fealᵹian.] |
| α 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 8221 In þe bigininge of Iul þis bataile was ido. c 1386 Chaucer Merch. T. 889 Er þat dayes eighte Were passed er the Monthe of Iuyl bifille. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. lxxix. (1495) 910 Out take two monthes Iule and Decembre. 1480 Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxiv. 229 In the monethes of Iuyn and Iuyll next folowyng. 1502 Bill in Exch. Acc., Q.R. Bundle 415 No. 7 (1) Made y⊇ xix{supt}{suph} day of Iuylle the xvij{supt}{suph} yeare [etc.]. |
| β [a 1154 O.E. Chron. an. 1115 (Laud MS.) æfter þan syððan innon Iulies monðe hider into lande com.] c 1290 Beket 2441 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 176 It was in þe monþe of Iulie. 1483 Cath. Angl. 199/1 Iuly (A. Iule), julius, quidam mensis. a 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VI 166 The xiij. day of Iulij. a 1599 Spenser F.Q. vii. vii. 36 Then came hot Iuly boyling like to fire, That all his garments he had cast away. 1606 Holland Sueton. Suppl. Begin. Cæsar ¶iv b, Cæsar..was borne..vpon the fourth day before the Ides of Quintilis, which moneth, after his death, was by virtue of the Law Antonia called for that cause, Iulie. c 1689 Popish Pol. Unmaskt 112 in 3rd Coll. Poems 23/2 In May some odd Intelligence come newly Won't suffer you to hold them until July. 1755–73 Johnson Dict., Ju{p}ly. 1888 Mrs. M'Cann Poet. Wks. 235 Scarce has July with frigid visage flown [in Australia]. 1895 Daily News 1 Aug. 5/4 There have been..only two Julys with a larger aggregate of sunshine. |