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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Obsolete form of serene (“fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset”, noun)..
Fie, fie, was euer poore fellow so farre benighted in an old wiues tale of diuells and vrchins. Out vpon it, I am wearie of it, for it hath caused such a thicke fulsome Serena to descend on my braine, that now my penne makes blots as broad as a furd stomacher, and my muse inspyres me to put out my candle and goe to bed:[…]
But not desirous to make any longer aboad in this place, by reason of the most infectious serenas or dewes that fall all along these coasts of Africa,[…]
For indeed they had already by way of Precaution, armed themselves against the Serena with a Caudle.
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Serena means Obsolete form of serene (“fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset”, noun)..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Fie, fie, was euer poore fellow so farre benighted in an old wiues tale of diuells and vrchins. Out vpon it, I am wearie of it, for it hath caused such a thicke fulsome Serena to descend on my braine, that now my penne makes blots as broad as a furd stomacher, and my muse inspyres me to put out my candle and goe to bed:[…]
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