Vernal

Quick meaning: Vernal is an adjective meaning Pertaining to or occurring in spring.

Meaning

Pertaining to or occurring in spring.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively) Having characteristics like spring; fresh, young, youthful.

Example Sentences

To my requeſt this anſwer ſhe bequeath'd, / Whiles from her lips the vernall Roſes breath'd; [...]

Look round: the vernal fields smile with new flowers, / The budding orchard perfumes the soft breeze, / And the green corn waves to the passing gale.

On we went in this way, mile after mile, over hills and through valleys inundated with a frothing, vernal vegetation and filled with the odour of newly watered ferns in a glasshouse.

For as a vernall Larke, but lately drest / In her first Downe, abandoning her nest, / Stretchest her pinions, her small force assayes / Flutters, and fals before her flight shee raise, [...]

Word Forms

• vernall

Synonyms for vernal

Depending on context, synonyms include springly, immature, youthful, young, springlike.

Antonyms for vernal

Common opposites include wintry, autumnal, wintery, summery.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include springtime, springlike, spring, young, youthful, immature.

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