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primaveral

primaveral adjective: relating to or characteristic of early spring.

Adjective

primaveral (comparative more primaveral, superlative most primaveral)

  1. Relating to or characteristic of early spring.
    • The first, or Primaveral season, may be considered as beginning at Candlemas, on the first opening of the early Spring flowers.1839, Sporting Almanack and Oracle of Rural Life, page 8
    • Hog-wild in the suggestive orchard, / My mouth rejoiced, my belly tortured, / Set in a primaveral scene, / I tasted juice as sour as sin.1947, Myron Broomell, “Father Galen's Florilege, or a Symposy of Diseases”, in The New Mexico Quarterly, volume 17, number 3

Forms of primaveral

comparativemore primaveral
superlativemost primaveral

Origin of primaveral

Probably from Spanish primavera (“springtime”) or Italian primavera (“springtime”), ultimately from Latin prima vera, + -al.

Questions about primaveral

What does primaveral mean?
Primaveral means relating to or characteristic of early spring.
What part of speech is primaveral?
Primaveral is an adjective.

Words near primaveral in the dictionary

  1. primatomorphs
  2. primatophilic
  3. Primats
  4. primature
  5. primavera
  6. primaveral
  7. primaveras
  8. primaxial
  9. Primbee
  10. prime
  11. prime broker

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