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vernal

adj
/ˈvɜːn(ə)l/UK/ˈvɝnəl/US

Etymology

PIE word *wósr̥ From Latin vernālis (“(rare) of or pertaining to spring; vernal”), from vērnus (“of or pertaining to spring; vernal”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship). Vērnus is derived from vēr (“season of spring”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”)) + -nus (suffix forming adjectives). The English word is cognate with Old French vernal (modern French vernal), Italian vernale (“pertaining to spring; vernal”), Occitan vernal, Portuguese vernal (“pertaining to spring; vernal”), Spanish vernal (“pertaining to spring; vernal”). Compare typologically German Frühling (< früh), Slovene pomlȃd (< mlȃd).

  1. derived from *wósr̥✻ — “spring”
  2. derived from vernālis — “(rare) of or pertaining to spring; vernal”

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to or occurring in spring.

    • For as a vernall Larke, but lately drest / In her first Downe, abandoning her nest, / Stretchest her pinions, her small force assayes / Flutters, and fals before her flight shee raise, [...]
    • To my requeſt this anſwer ſhe bequeath'd, / Whiles from her lips the vernall Roſes breath'd; [...]
    • [...] I have in England for ſome years paſt, kept by me an exact table, or Ephemeris both of the Vernall, and Summer Eteſians; but found the VVinds no leſſe Variable in thoſe Months, then at other Seaſons.

  2. Having characteristics like spring

    Having characteristics like spring; fresh, young, youthful.

    • When after the long vernal day of life, / Enamour'd more, as more remembrance ſwells / With many a proof of recollected love, / Together down they [the seasons] ſink in ſocial ſleep; [...]
    • Ah me! too ſwiftly fleets our vernal bloom! / Loſt to our wonted friendſhip, loſt to joy! / Soon may thy breaſt the cordial wiſh reſume, / Ere wintry doubt its tender warmth deſtroy.
    • Art thou a child of tears, / Cradled in care and woe? / And seems it hard thy vernal years / Few vernal joys can shew?

  3. A city, the county seat of Uintah County, Utah, United States.

The neighborhood

Derived

prevernal, sweet vernal grass, vernal-bearded, vernal conjunctivitis, vernal crocus, vernal cyclamen, vernal equinoctial, vernal equinox, vernal gentian, vernal grass, vernality, vernalization, vernalize, vernal keratoconjunctivitis, vernally, vernal orobus, vernal point, vernal pool, vernal sandwort, vernal season, vernal sedge, vernal-seeming, vernal speedwell, vernal squill, vernal stargrass, vernal starwort, vernal-tinctured

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA