hyemal

English

Etymology

From Latin hiemalis, from hiems (“winter”). Compare French hyémal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪəməl/

Adjective

hyemal (comparative more hyemal, superlative most hyemal)

1. Obsolete spelling of hiemal.
   • c. 1683 (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in [Thomas Tenison], editor, Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: […] Charles Mearn, […], published 1683, →OCLC:

     But, beside vernal, æstival and autumnal, made of flowers, the ancients had also the hyemal garlands; contenting themselves at first with such as were made of horn dyed into several colours, and shaped into the figure of flowers

   • 2015, Joshua Cohen, The Book of Numbers, page 519:

     "Break a hunk of ice off the land, crack off a chunk the same proportions as Manhattan Island, then slab Aar's emberous body on out, the winds floating a hyemal pyre melting toward the Pole."

References

• “hyemal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.