hyemal

English

Etymology

From Latin hiemalis, from hiems (winter). Compare French hyémal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪəməl/

Adjective

hyemal (comparative more hyemal, superlative most hyemal)

  1. Obsolete spelling of hiemal
    • c. 1683, Thomas Browne, Certain Miscellany Tracts:
      But, beside vernal, æstival and autumnal, made of flowers, the ancients had also the hyemal garlands; contenting themselves at first with such as were made of horn dyed into several colours, and shaped into the figure of flowers
    • 2015, Joshua Cohen, The Book of Numbers, page 519:
      "Break a hunk of ice off the land, crack off a chunk the same proportions as Manhattan Island, then slab Aar's emberous body on out, the winds floating a hyemal pyre melting toward the Pole."

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