Indian summer UK /ˈɪn.dɪ.ən ˈsʌ.mə(ɹ)/US /ˈɪn.di.ən ˈsʌ.mɚ/ noun2 •(offensive) A stretch of sunny and warm, often hazy, days during late autumn.And while the bards, before my fancy bring / The Indian summer, and Italian spring, / Rapt let me mark the different climates found, / In Temple's gardens, and his lawns around. — 1786 •(figurative) The late autumn of life; a late flowering of activity before old age. formsIndian summers