aestiveadj.

Brit.

/ˈiːstᵻv/,

/ˈɛstɪv/, U.S.

/ˈɛstɪv/

Forms: 1600s aestiue, 1600s estive, 1600s– aestive.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin aestīvus.

Etymology: < classical Latin aestīvus of or belonging to summer, occurring in summer, designed for, or used in, summer, appearing or growing in summer, in post-classical Latin also hot (8th cent. in a British source) < aestus heat (see aestuous adj.) + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Spanish estivo (late 13th cent.), Italian estivo (c1334), and also Old Occitan estiu (12th cent.), Catalan estiu (13th cent.), Spanish estivo (c1200 as †estiu ), all nouns in sense ‘summer’. Compare earlier estivous adj.

Now rare.

Of or belonging to summer; hot, burning.

ΘΚΠ

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

summerlyOE

summerOE

aestivalc1386

estivousc1420

aestive1607

midsummerish1836

midsummery1866

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 485 The Lyon also is a signification of the sunne..and therefore this constellation is stiled with the same epethites that the Lyon and the Sun are, as heate-bearing, æstiue, ardent, arent, calent, hot, flammant, burning, Herculean, mad, horrible, dreadfull, cruell, and terrible.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 178 Frogges..are likewise ingendered out of the dust of the earth by warme, æstiue, and Summer shewers.

1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells iii. 124 Auriga mounted in a chariot bright (Else styl'd Heniochus) receives his light In th' Estive circle.

1679 T. Gilbert Θρηνωδη 20 And when, besides the Torrid Influence Of Æstive Rays, the dire malevolence Of three Cœlestial Heroes did conspire In their Trine-aspect, to incense the fire.

1764 J. Woodhouse Poems 74 And may the æstive lightening's ruddy glare Each milky grain and filmy blossom spare.

1824 in W. F. Deacon Warreniana 141 From clime to clime, from the æstive regions of the Eastern Ind to the hybernal hemisphere of either Pole, the nations of the earth uplift their voices in his praise.

1883 R. W. Dixon Mano II. v. 82 The purple sky, high rolled in aestive air.

1934 L. Riding & R. Graves in Year's Poetry 141 The topic heats now Have winter foreflight in their wings, Shaking a frostiness of thought Over those aestive pleasures Which now so inwardly belie..The outward truth of seasons.

1980 R. Adams Girl in Swing (1981) xv. 183 Dappled leafy sunlight and a blackbird's song coming in through the far window for assurance that everything aestive was going on outside.

2007 C. Dewdney Children of Outer Dark 12 Allusion to our aestive carnality.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aestive
释义	aestiveadj. Brit. /ˈiːstᵻv/, /ˈɛstɪv/, U.S. /ˈɛstɪv/ Forms: 1600s aestiue, 1600s estive, 1600s– aestive. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin aestīvus. Etymology: < classical Latin aestīvus of or belonging to summer, occurring in summer, designed for, or used in, summer, appearing or growing in summer, in post-classical Latin also hot (8th cent. in a British source) < aestus heat (see aestuous adj.) + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Spanish estivo (late 13th cent.), Italian estivo (c1334), and also Old Occitan estiu (12th cent.), Catalan estiu (13th cent.), Spanish estivo (c1200 as †estiu ), all nouns in sense ‘summer’. Compare earlier estivous adj. Now rare. Of or belonging to summer; hot, burning. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [adjective] > of or relating to summer summerlyOE summerOE aestivalc1386 estivousc1420 aestive1607 midsummerish1836 midsummery1866 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 485 The Lyon also is a signification of the sunne..and therefore this constellation is stiled with the same epethites that the Lyon and the Sun are, as heate-bearing, æstiue, ardent, arent, calent, hot, flammant, burning, Herculean, mad, horrible, dreadfull, cruell, and terrible. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 178 Frogges..are likewise ingendered out of the dust of the earth by warme, æstiue, and Summer shewers. 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells iii. 124 Auriga mounted in a chariot bright (Else styl'd Heniochus) receives his light In th' Estive circle. 1679 T. Gilbert Θρηνωδη 20 And when, besides the Torrid Influence Of Æstive Rays, the dire malevolence Of three Cœlestial Heroes did conspire In their Trine-aspect, to incense the fire. 1764 J. Woodhouse Poems 74 And may the æstive lightening's ruddy glare Each milky grain and filmy blossom spare. 1824 in W. F. Deacon Warreniana 141 From clime to clime, from the æstive regions of the Eastern Ind to the hybernal hemisphere of either Pole, the nations of the earth uplift their voices in his praise. 1883 R. W. Dixon Mano II. v. 82 The purple sky, high rolled in aestive air. 1934 L. Riding & R. Graves in Year's Poetry 141 The topic heats now Have winter foreflight in their wings, Shaking a frostiness of thought Over those aestive pleasures Which now so inwardly belie..The outward truth of seasons. 1980 R. Adams Girl in Swing (1981) xv. 183 Dappled leafy sunlight and a blackbird's song coming in through the far window for assurance that everything aestive was going on outside. 2007 C. Dewdney Children of Outer Dark 12 Allusion to our aestive carnality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1607
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