Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or appearing in summer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining or appropriate to summer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Same as
æstival ,æstivate , etc.
from , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to
summer . - adjective Coming forth in the summer.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (rare) of or occurring in summer
Etymologies
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Examples
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But the real masters of estival retreat were the Romans and the Renaissanc🌄e popes and princes who followed them into the hills of Latium.
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On the one hand, they should side with us because of the nuclear technology we promised them this summer; on the other, India's alternate estival acco💯rd was with Iran, which agreed 💦to a pipeline deal that would pump natural gas directly into India.
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I am so looking forward to hearing her at Roskilde estival 08.. whehey!
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But there's no estival diversion qui🍷te like a juicy brew of crime and passio🌱n: a bouillabaisse of murder, sex and politics, perhaps with a hint of the milieu mixed in.
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O facto de ter sido um verão frio, húmido e chuvoso certamente que não teve nada a ver com a diminuição do habitual flagelo estival dos incêndios.
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A man of the right temperament gains greatly by a temporary estival 🍰transplantation;❀ and if Johnny always contrived to seem dominant and prosperous at home, he now seemed lordly and triumphant abroad.
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As he stood beside the bridal pair he seemed almost too festive, too estival, too ebullient for this poor earth of ours.
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The _crouptière_ and _estival_, togethe🤪r with the _chanfron_, were of the most costly desꦓcription.
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The announcement comes o n the heels of rumors that Jay-Z might also be performing at another giant music f estival, Bonnaroo.
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All together I worked for both local and national activities and for those of their participation in I nternational F estival of D ance S chools in Sanremo Italy.
bilby commented on the word estival
A festival of 'rontal 'obotomies held during the warmer months.August 15, 2008
stuartmathergibson commented on the word estival
estivalOf, relating to, or appearing in summer
May 21, 2022