estival
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- preestival adjective
Etymology
Origin of estival
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Late Latin aestīvālis, equivalent to Latin aestīv(us) “of or relating to summer” + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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The adjective estival is used to refer to which season of the year?
From Slate • Mar. 18, 2024
No one writes about brutish people like Gallant; she transforms the meanest human specimens into subjects of high fascination and sympathy, which makes her excellent reading for overheated estival subway commutes.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 17, 2015
Always barring some sudden eruption, the U.S. is once again in an estival moment of lassitude and languishing spirits.
From Time Magazine Archive
The crouptière and estival, together with the chanfron, were of the most costly description.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John
A man of the right temperament gains greatly by a temporary estival transplantation; and if Johnny always contrived to seem dominant and prosperous at home, he now seemed lordly and triumphant abroad.
From On the Stairs by Fuller, Henry Blake
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