Definitions

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  • noun The spring month of May.

Etymologies

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May (ultimately from Latin maius, from the Roman divinity Maia) + time 'tide, season'

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Examples

  • "Maytime" (B.P. Schulberg Productions, 1923), a feature with Clara Bow in an early role.

    Variety.com 2010

  • Omitted from the list was "Maytime" starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • There is nothing sexier on film than the Czaritza scene (the last big musical love scene) in "Maytime", where you can barely breathe because the sexual tension is so overwhelming.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • One of my all-time favorites is "Maytime" with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • I was in awe that "Maytime" the 1937 musical made by Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy was not selected as one of your sexy movie list.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • HOW could you not include "Maytime" (1937) in the list of the 50 sexiest movies?

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • But "Maytime" was the most passionate of them all.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • I believe "Maytime" starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy should be on your Top 50 list.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • "Maytime" would, if filmed in today's licentious film genres, be the equivalent of love scenes in many of those listed in your 50 sexiest movies, and far better than some of those listed.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • How could you have omitted the movie "Maytime", starring Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald, as one of the 50 sexiest movies ever made?

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

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