estival

[es-tuh-vuhl, e-stahy-vuhl]

adjective

1. pertaining or appropriate to summer.

estival

/ iːˈstaɪvəl, ˈɛstɪ- /

adjective

1. the usual US spelling of aestival

Other Word Forms

• preestival adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of estival¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Late Latin aestīvālis, equivalent to Latin aestīv(us) “of or relating to summer” + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

One of the first signs of the body’s groggy awakening from its estival lethargy could be seen around noon, when a microphone stand appeared in the sunbaked plaza in front of City Hall.

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No one writes about brutish people like Gallant; she transforms the meanest human specimens into subjects of high fascination and sympathy, which makes her excellent reading for overheated estival subway commutes.

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As he stood beside the bridal pair he seemed almost too festive, too estival, too ebullient for this poor earth of ours.

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The crouptière and estival, together with the chanfron, were of the most costly description.

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Adj. hot, warm, mild, genial, tepid, lukewarm, unfrozen; thermal, thermic; calorific; fervent, fervid; ardent; aglow. sunny, torrid, tropical, estival†, canicular†, steamy; close, sultry, stifling, stuffy, suffocating, oppressive; reeking &c. v.; baking &c.

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