Vernant

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Flourishing, as in spring; vernal. obsolete

    "to bring in change / Of seasons to each clime; else had the spring / Perpetual smil'd on earth with vernant flowers, / Equal in days and nights"

Example

More examples

"to bring in change / Of seasons to each clime; else had the spring / Perpetual smil'd on earth with vernant flowers, / Equal in days and nights"

Etymology

From Latin vernans, present participle vernare (“to flourish”), from ver (“spring”).

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