estival
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es·ti·val
also aes·ti·val (ĕs′tə-vəl)adj.
Of, relating to, or appearing in summer.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin aestīvālis, from aestīvus, from aestās, summer.]
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estival
(iːˈstaɪvəl; ˈɛstɪ-)adj
the usual US spelling of aestival
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es•ti•val
(ˈɛs tə vəl, ɛˈstaɪ vəl)adj.
pertaining or appropriate to summer.
[1350–1400; < Late Latin aestīvālis < Latin aestīv(us) of summer]
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Adj. | 1. | estival - (rare) of or occurring in summer; "the sky was a burnished aestival blue"; "estival winds" summery - belonging to or characteristic of or occurring in summer; "summery weather"; "summery dresses" |
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