noun
Usage: usually capitalized both Ss
Etymology: Middle English shrofsunday, from shrof-, schrof- (as in schroftyde Shrovetide) + sunday
: the Sunday before Ash Wednesday : quinquagesima
noun
Usage: usually capitalized both Ss
Etymology: Middle English shrofsunday, from shrof-, schrof- (as in schroftyde Shrovetide) + sunday
: the Sunday before Ash Wednesday : quinquagesima
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012