Aestival vs Aestiferous - What's the difference?
aestival | aestiferous |
Æstiʹferous [''æstifer , l] ebbing and flowing as the tide.
Of or relating to summer.
Coming forth in the summer.
(obsolete, not comparable) “Turbulent]] as the tide”; “ebbing and flowing as the tide”.An Universal Etymological English Dictionary'' by [[w:Nathan Bailey, Nathan Bailey (1731),
ÆSTI?FEROUS [''æstifer , L. ebbing and flowing as the tide.
* 1859 : John D. Bryant, M. D., Redemption, a Poem ,
(comparable, chiefly, used figuratively) Producing much (aestival) heat.
* 1979 : J. Ron Stanfield, Economic Thought and Social Change ,
As adjectives the difference between aestival and aestiferous
is that aestival is of or relating to summer while aestiferous is (obsolete|not comparable) “turbulent]] as the tide”; “ebbing and flowing as the tide”an universal etymological english dictionary'' by [[w:nathan bailey|nathan bailey (1731), [http://booksgooglecouk/books?id=o-giaaaaqaaj&pg=pt28&dq=%22ebbing+and+flowing+as+the+tide%22&ei=-ooosuoeiafuygtlkuhcbw#v=onepage&q=%22ebbing%20and%20flowing%20as%20the%20tide%22&f=false page 28]Æstiʹferous [''æstifer , l] ebbing and flowing as the tide.
aestival
English
Alternative forms
* estival (US) *Adjective
(-)Synonyms
* summer (used only before the noun) * (relating to summer) summeryAntonyms
* brumal * hibernalCoordinate terms
* prevernal * vernal * autumnal * serotinalAnagrams
*aestiferous
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic) * estiferousAdjective
(en adjective)page 28]
ÆSTI?FEROUS [''æstifer , L. ebbing and flowing as the tide.
page 241(John Penington & Son)
- Thus they, estiferous , the hollow sphere
Within, rack’d, and raged against the Highest.
page 148(Southern Illinois University Press; ISBN 0809309149, 9780809309146)
- Moreover, if the analogy to political revolution teaches anything at all, its instruction would seem to be that revolution is a wasteful and excessively estiferous process.