hibernal
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of hibernal
First recorded in 1620–30; from Late Latin hībernālis, equivalent to Latin hībern(us) “wintry” (akin to hiems “winter”) + -ālis, adjective suffix; hiemal, -al 1;
Example Sentences
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This all helps explain that despite the striking contrast between a largely unaffected Australian summer and the hibernal catastrophes unfolding elsewhere, there is little hubris.
From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2021
In 2009, Serge Lutens released Fille en Aiguilles, a cult hit that smells like a Christmas tree farm, and slowly the hibernal trend began to trickle through the indie perfume world.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2018
It turns out to be a swell place for a hibernal vacation.
From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2016
The people who stage the Millrose Games, an indoor track meet that has been an annual hibernal rite in the Big Apple since 1908, understand the quandary.
From Newsweek • Feb. 13, 2015
It is but little more than a quarter of a mile in length, and is remarkable for its pit of two-hundred and eighty feet in depth; and as being the hibernal resort of bats.
From Rambles in the Mammoth Cave, during the Year 1844 By a Visiter by Bullitt, Alexander Clark
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