ice saints

noun

The saints Pancras of Rome, Servatius of Tongeren, Mamertus of Vienne and/or Boniface of Tarsus, and sometimes Sophia of Rome, whose feast days are on May 11th though 15th.

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Meanings

nounice saints pl (normally plural, singular ice saint)

singular ice saint

  1. capitalizedpluralplural normallysometimesThe saints Pancras of Rome, Servatius of Tongeren, Mamertus of Vienne and/or Boniface of Tarsus, and sometimes Sophia of Rome, whose feast days are on May 11th though 15th.
  2. pluralplural normallyA spell of cold weather in May on or around those dates.

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Origin

Perhaps a calque of German Eisheilige; compare French saints de glace.

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