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verˈnality rare.
[f. vernal a. + -ity.]
†1. The ‘spring-time’ of something. Obs.
1639Wotton in Reliq. (1672) 477, I was then surprized with an advertisement from Court, of the death of..my dear nephew, in the vernality (as I may term it) of his employments and fortunes.
2. (See quot.)
1896Agric. Gaz. 18 May 470/1 Vernality expresses that property of rich and shaded pasture land which makes them a lovely green, with tender and close clustering spring shoots. |