vernal
English
Alternative forms
* vernall [“ ]vernal, a.'' (and ''n.'')
” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989)
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Pertaining to spring.
Young; fresh. (rfex)
Belonging to youth.
* Thomson
- when after the long vernal day of life
* Keble
- And seems it hard thy vernal' years / Few ' vernal joys can show?
Usage notes
In everyday speech, used almost exclusively in phrase vernal equinox; in other contexts, spring is used attributively, as in spring colors'' or ''spring flowers, and even is frequently replaced with spring equinox.
Antonyms
* autumnal
Coordinate terms
* (pertaining to seasons) summer (summery), aestival/estival; winter (wintry), hibernal, brumal
Derived terms
* prevernal
* vernal-bearded
* vernal conjunctivitis
* vernal crocus
* vernal cyclamen
* vernal equinox, vernal equinoctial
* vernal gentian
* vernal grass
* vernality
* vernalization
* vernalize
* vernal keratoconjunctivitis
* vernally
* vernal orobus
* vernal pool
* vernal sandwort
* vernal season
* vernal sedge
* vernal-seeming
* vernal speedwell
* vernal squill
* vernal stargrass
* vernal starwort
* vernal-tinctured
Related terms
* primavera
* ver
* vere
* vere-time
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