seedtime means the time to sow seeds. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
seedtime is pronounced /ˈsiːdˌtaɪm/.
Why “seedtime” is a great word
SEEDTIME — [Noun] The season or time for sowing seeds, or figuratively, a period for initiating new development. From Middle English seed tyme, from Old English sǣdtīma ('time for sowing, season'), from Proto-West Germanic *sādatīmō, from Proto-Germanic *sēdatīmô ('seedtime'), equivalent to seed + time. Unlike 'spring,' a general season of renewal, or 'germination,' the later process of sprouting, seedtime denotes the deliberate, preparatory act of planting potential itself. It is the chill, damp furrow opened to the empty sky, the small, hard parcels pressed into dark earth, and the patient, hopeful interval before any green hint of return—a testament to the quiet faith that precedes all visible growth.
Etymology
From Middle English seed tyme, from Old English sǣdtīma (“time for sowing, season”), from Proto-West Germanic *sādatīmō, from Proto-Germanic *sēdatīmô (“seedtime”), equivalent to seed + time. Cognate with Icelandic sáðtími (“sowing time, seedtime”).
Compare also West Frisian siedtiid (“seedtime”), Dutch zaaitijd (“sowing time, seedtime”), German Saatzeit (“season for sowing seed”), Swedish såddtid (“sowing time, seedtime”), Faroese sáðtíð (“sowing time”), Old Norse sáðtíð (“April”, literally “seed time”).
noun
- The time to sow seeds.“Seed time and Harvest, Heat and hoary Frost
Shall hold thir course”
- A time for new development.