Eastermonth

== English == === Alternative forms === Easter month, Easter Month, Easter-month === Etymology === Calque of Old English Ēastermōnaþ (“April”, literally “Easter-month”), equivalent to Easter +‎ month. Cognate with Old Dutch ōstermānoth (“April”), German Ostermonat (“April”, literally “Easter-month”) (cp. German Ostermond (“April”, literally “Easter-moon”)). === Proper noun === Eastermonth (poetic) The typical month of the Paschal cycle; Paschal month; the month in which Easter typically occurs; April. 1883, Dorcas magazine: April, the "Easter month" of the Saxon, the season of renewed life in the outside world, is, by some nations, reckoned as the beginning of the new year. 1903, New York City mission monthly: On this Easter month we have for several years sent out to the friends of our Society a little booklet of real pictures, showing some of the many lines of our work among the poor.