The early part of summer; the season approaching or preceding full summer.
Compound of 'fore-' (before) and 'summer.' Following Old English weather terminology, 'foresummer' describes the transitional period from late spring into summer.
Many languages preserved seasonal quarter-names that English mostly lost—'foresummer' hints that cultures once carefully tracked subtle shifts between spring and summer, and some meteorologists still use 'early summer' as a distinct weather phase.
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