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estiferous

estiferous is the alternative spelling of aestiferous.

Meaning of aestiferous

Adjective

aestiferous (comparative more aestiferous, superlative most aestiferous)

  1. (not comparable, obsolete) As the tide, turbulent; ebbing and flowing.
    • Thus they, estiferous, the hollow sphere
      Within, rack’d, and raged against the Highest.1859: John D. Bryant, M. D., Redemption, a Poem, page 241 (John Penington & Son)
  2. (comparable, figuratively) Producing much (aestival) heat.
    • 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.1979, J. Ron Stanfield, Economic Thought and Social Change, Southern Illinois University Press, →ISBN, page 148, →ISBN

Forms of estiferous

comparativemore estiferous
superlativemost estiferous

Questions about estiferous

What is estiferous the alternative spelling of?
Estiferous is the alternative spelling of aestiferous.

Words near estiferous in the dictionary

  1. Esths
  2. Esti
  3. estiatoria
  4. estiatorio
  5. estiatorios
  6. estiferous
  7. Estigarribia
  8. Estigarribias
  9. Estigoy
  10. Estill
  11. Estill County

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