hibernaladj.

/hʌɪˈbəːnəl/

Forms: Also hybernal.

Etymology: < Latin hībernālis wintry, < hībernus wintry.

1. Of, pertaining to, or proper to winter; appearing in winter.

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the world > time > period > year > season > [adjective] > of or relating to winter

wintryeOE

winterOE

winterlyOE

frostyc1430

brumala1522

hiemalc1560

wintering1591

winterish1610

wintereda1616

hiematical1631

hibernal1646

wintersome1840

mid-wintry1852

mid-winterly1892

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xiii. 225 [The dog-star] should rather manifest its warming power in the winter, when it remaines conjoyned with the Sun in its Hybernall conversion.

1799 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1800) 3 129 To sleep away the hibernal months.

1819 J. Montgomery Reign of Spring in Greenland (ed. 2) 211 They meet the pale hybernal sun.

1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 365 Leucojum æstivum; leaves hibernal.

2. figurative. Pertaining to the winter of life; late.

ΚΠ

a1626 L. Andrewes Serm. (1856) I. 356 We have lost our regard so even of judgements and all, as neither vernal nor hibernal repentance we bring forth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	hibernal
释义	hibernaladj. /hʌɪˈbəːnəl/ Forms: Also hybernal. Etymology: < Latin hībernālis wintry, < hībernus wintry. 1. Of, pertaining to, or proper to winter; appearing in winter. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [adjective] > of or relating to winter wintryeOE winterOE winterlyOE frostyc1430 brumala1522 hiemalc1560 wintering1591 winterish1610 wintereda1616 hiematical1631 hibernal1646 wintersome1840 mid-wintry1852 mid-winterly1892 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xiii. 225 [The dog-star] should rather manifest its warming power in the winter, when it remaines conjoyned with the Sun in its Hybernall conversion. View more context for this quotation 1799 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1800) 3 129 To sleep away the hibernal months. 1819 J. Montgomery Reign of Spring in Greenland (ed. 2) 211 They meet the pale hybernal sun. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 365 Leucojum æstivum; leaves hibernal. 2. figurative. Pertaining to the winter of life; late. ΚΠ a1626 L. Andrewes Serm. (1856) I. 356 We have lost our regard so even of judgements and all, as neither vernal nor hibernal repentance we bring forth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.a1626
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