OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 34684

vernal

/ˈvɜːn(ə)l/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
primaveral • vernal
Pertaining to or occurring in spring.
For as a vernall Larke, but lately drest / In her first Downe, abandoning her nest, / Stretchest her pinions, her small force assayes / Flutters, and fals before her flight shee ra…
Look round: the vernal fields smile with new flowers, / The budding orchard perfumes the soft breeze, / And the green corn waves to the passing gale.