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Halloweven

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Archaic form of Halloween.

alt-of, archaic, no-plural

Examples

“HALLOWEVEN or Hallowe’en, the vigil of Hallowmas or All Saints’ Day.”
“She had heard the mystic wisdom / Of the waters of the meer; / There she sought her lover’s picture / ’Mid the Halloweven cheer⟳.”
“659. Dalry.—On Halloweven the fairies rode on cats at the Holme Glen, Dalry. On that night considerate housekeepers shut⟳ up their cats, to prevent⟳ them from being laid hold⟳ of by the fairies.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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