Antonyms for vernal
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : vur-nl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɜr nl |
Definition of vernal
Origin :- "pertaining to spring," 1530s, from Latin vernalis "of the spring," from vernus "of spring," from ver "spring," from PIE *wesr- "spring" (cf. Old Norse var "spring," Greek ear, Sanskrit vasantah, Persian bahar, Old Church Slavonic vesna "spring," Lithuanian vasara "summer").
- adj springlike
- We now begin to expect our vernal migration of ring-ousels every week.
- Extract from : « The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 » by Gilbert White
- And yet this was only the day of the vernal equinox; it was most extraordinary.
- Extract from : « The Doomsman » by Van Tassel Sutphen
- I know not, unless it be the influence of the vernal season.
- Extract from : « Fibble, D. D. » by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
- The driver said he was from Vernal, some sixty miles to the west.
- Extract from : « On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck » by R. Pitcher Woodward
- What are our children doing with these precious, vernal years?
- Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Galatians » by G. G. Findlay
- The vernal fever of 1658 did not last longer than six weeks.
- Extract from : « A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) » by Charles Creighton
- In the north-central portion of the Park, overlooking Vernal Park.
- Extract from : « Mount Rainier » by Various
- Marriages are celebrated at the beginning of the vernal equinox.
- Extract from : « The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3) » by Strabo
- At the summer festival we burn a dummy; at the vernal feast we hang a man.
- Extract from : « Magic and Religion » by Andrew Lang
- Every autumn it died its annual death only as prelude to the vernal resurrection.
- Extract from : « Evolution in Art » by Alfred C. Haddon
Synonyms for vernal
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