Vernal Definition

vûrnəl
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or appearing or occurring in, the spring.
Webster's New World
Springlike; fresh, warm, and mild.
Webster's New World
Characteristic of or resembling spring.
American Heritage
Fresh and young; youthful.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Vernal

  • Entering English in the sense of “pertaining to spring" in 1534: From Latin vernālis (“of those things pertaining to the spring"), from vernus (“of spring"), from vÄ“r (“spring"); compare Old French vernal, French vernal.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin vērnālis from vērnus from vēr spring wesr̥ in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Vernal Sentence Examples

  • At the close of evening twilight the angle is greatest about three weeks before the vernal equinox.

  • At seventeen he wrote his Vernal Walk in imitation of Thomson.

  • Briefly, it may be explained here that Easter day is the first Sunday after the full moon following the vernal equinox.

  • Not to mention the more vernal flowers, the first might contain the flora of May; the second that of June; the third that of July; and the fourth that of August and the following months.

  • The vernal point reached 0 Aries in the sidereal zodiac in AD 221.

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Words Starting With

VVEVER

Words Ending With

LALNAL

Unscrambles

vernal

Words Starting With V and Ending With L

Starts With V & Ends With LStarts With VE & Ends With LStarts With V & Ends With AL

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With V6 Letter Words Ending With L