solstice
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
solstice /ˈsɒlstɪs/
▶noun each of the two times in the year, respectively at midsummer and midwinter, when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest days.
– derivatives
solstitial adjective.
solstitial adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr., from L. solstitium, from sol ‘sun’ + stit-, sistere ‘stop, be stationary’.
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