Today's Word
aestival \ES-tuh-vuhl\, adjective:Of or belonging to the summer; as, aestival diseases. [Spelled also estival.]
"Far to the north and hemmed in against the Russian Bear, it is easy to overlook this land of lakes, forests, and aestival white nights."-- [i.e. Finland]
"You generally get true summer in August: this year it has been unusually æstival."-- M. Collins
From the Latin æstas, summer. Also from æstas:
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