单词 | vernality |
释义 | vernalityn. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] > the first part or beginning beginning1297 primec1300 firstc1330 primity1546 prime tide1549 springtime1579 morning1595 vaward1599 noviceship1610 fore-enda1616 vernalitya1639 a1639 H. Wotton Let. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (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. 1896.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [noun] > flourishing state or greenness verdour1447 flourish1594 luxuritya1636 vernancy1669 luxuriancy1712 luxuriance1728 floridity1831 rankness1873 vernality1896 lushness1900 the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] greennessOE green?c1225 greenheada1325 greenshipc1390 verdurec1400 viridityc1430 sinople1489 flourish1594 deep green1601 verdour1610 verdancy1631 verdue1641 zinnober green1879 vernality1896 virescence1904 verd1915 1896 Agric. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.a1639 |
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