Vernal

Adjective

 * 1) young; fresh
 * 2) pertaining to spring

Antonyms

 * autumnal

Coordinate terms

 * summer (summery), aestival/estival; winter (wintry), hibernal, brumal

Derived terms

 * prevernal
 * vernal-bearded
 * vernal crocus
 * vernal cyclamen
 * vernal equinox, vernal equinoctial
 * vernal gentian
 * vernal grass
 * vernality


 * vernalization
 * vernalize
 * vernally
 * vernal orobus
 * vernal pool
 * vernal sandwort
 * vernal season


 * vernal sedge
 * vernal-seeming
 * vernal speedwell
 * vernal squill
 * vernal stargrass
 * vernal starwort
 * vernal-tinctured

Related terms

 * primavera
 * ver


 * vere
 * vere-time

Thesaurus
aestival, arctic, autumn, autumnal, beryl-green, berylline, blue-green, bluish-green, boreal, brumal, budding, callow, canicular, chartreuse, chloranemic, chlorine, chlorotic, citrine, citrinous, dewy, emerald, equinoctial, ever-new, evergreen, firsthand, fledgling, foliaged, fresh, glaucescent, glaucous, glaucous-green, grassy, green, green as grass, green-blue, greenish, greenish-blue, greenish-yellow, greensick, growing, hibernal, hiemal, holly, immature, impubic, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, intact, ivy, ivy-green, juicy, leafy, leaved, maiden, maidenly, midsummer, midwinter, minor, naive, neoteric, nestling, new, new-fledged, olivaceous, olive, olive-green, original, out of season, porraceous, pristine, raw, ripening, sappy, seasonal, sempervirent, smaragdine, solstitial, spring, springlike, summer, summerlike, summerly, summery, tender, unadult, unbeaten, underage, undeveloped, unfledged, unformed, unhandled, unlicked, unmellowed, unripe, unseasoned, untouched, untried, untrodden, unused, verdant, verdurous, vernant, vert, virescent, virgin, virginal, winter, winterlike, wintery, wintry, yellowish-green, young

Alternative forms

 * vernall

Etymology
Entering English in the sense of “pertaining to spring” in 1534 : From vernalis:  , from vernus:   , from ver:   ; compare Old French vernal:, French vernal:

Translations

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Anagrams

 * verlan