estivation

English

Noun

estivation (countable and uncountable, plural estivations)

1. Alternative spelling of aestivation
   • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Building. XLV.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 263:

     On the Vnder Story, tovvards the Garden, Let it be turned to a Grotta, or Place of Shade, or Eſtiuation.

Anagrams

• anti-Soviet, antisoviet, evitations, novitiates

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

estivation f (plural estivations)

1. estivation

Further reading

• “estivation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.