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   In·di·an sum·mer

   /ˈindēən ˈsəmər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a period of unusually dry, warm weather occurring in late autumn.
   • ▪ a period of happiness or success occurring late in life.

   Word Origin late 18th century: with reference to North American Indians, rather than to the country of India, and first used in connection with the northern US and Canada. The expression may echo the use of Indian in compounds such as Indian corn, where it denotes a different, American form of something familiar, or it could have arisen from the fact that the region in which the phenomenon was noticed was still primarily occupied by indigenous people.

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