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Meaning of AESTIVAL

Pronunciation:  'estuvul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (rare) of or occurring in summer; "the sky was a burnished aestival blue"; "estival winds"
 
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 Synonyms: estival, summery
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\[AE]s"ti*val\, a. [L. aestivalis, aestivus, fr. aestas
summer.]
Of or belonging to the summer; as, [ae]stival diseases.
[Spelt also {estival}.]
 
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