germinal
[jur-muh-nl]
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Origin of germinal
Germinal
[jur-muh-nl; French zher-mee-nal]
- (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the seventh month of the year, extending from March 21 to April 19.
- (italics) a novel (1884) by Émile Zola.
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Origin of Germinal
From French; see origin at germinal
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Related Words for germinal
introductory, original, basic, incipient, promising, growing, fledgling, burgeoning, nascent, immature, undeveloped, antecedent, opening, leading, inaugural, pioneer, infant, initiative, fundamental, virginExamples from the Web for germinal
Contemporary Examples of germinal
But the most fascinating sections are the germinal passages upon which Agee would build and elaborate in the final version.
Revisiting James Agee: Discovering the Original ‘Let Us Now Praise Famous Men’Malcolm Jones
June 7, 2013
Germinal by Émile Zola My favorite reportorial 19th-century novel.
Historical Examples of germinal
No doubt he often supplied the germinal ideas, while his assistants only carried them out.
Heroes of the TelegraphJ. Munro
A bioplast, they tell us, is a germinal point in germinal matter or bioplasm.
Life: Its True GenesisR. W. Wright
These people have no idea of germinal cells or their conjugation.
The Sexual QuestionAugust Forel
The germinal vesicle is so simple that it may be defined in a line.
Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. IHerbert Spencer
Blastoderm: the germinal membrane from which the organs of the embryo are formed.
Explanation of Terms Used in EntomologyJohn. B. Smith
germinal
- of, relating to, or like germs or a germ cell
- of, or in the earliest stage of development; embryonic
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Word Origin for germinal
C19: from New Latin germinālis, from Latin germen bud; see germ
Germinal
- the month of buds: the seventh month of the French revolutionary calendar, from March 22 to April 20
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Word Origin and History for germinal
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germinal
(jûr′mə-nəl)- Of, relating to, or having the nature of a germ cell.
- Of, relating to, or occurring in the earliest stage of development of an embryo or organism.
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