seasonable
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈsiːzənəbəl/, /ˈsiːznəbəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]seasonable (comparative more seasonable, superlative most seasonable)
- Opportune; occurring at an appropriate or suitable time.
- 1661, Thomas, transl. Salusbury, “Galilaeus Galilaeus Lyncaeus, His Systeme of the World”, in Mathematical Collections and Translations, The Second Dialogue, London: William Leybourn, translation of Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo by Galileo Galilei, page 95:
- Nor is it seasonable to have to do with Hercules, whil'st he is enraged, and amongst the Furies, but when he is telling merry tales amongst the Meonion Damosels.
- Appropriate to the current season of the year.
- The temperature outside was quite seasonable, neither warmer nor colder than I had expected.
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde:
- It was a wild, cold, seasonable night of March, with a pale moon, lying on her back as though the wind had tilted her, and flying wrack of the most diaphanous and lawny texture.
- (obsolete) Ephemeral; lasting for just one season.
- (obsolete) In season (said of game when it is legal to be hunted and killed).
- (obsolete) Well-seasoned; matured (e.g. timber).
Synonyms
[edit]- (occurring at an appropriate or suitable time): well-timed, timesome; see also Thesaurus:timely
- (lasting for just one season): passing, transitory; see also Thesaurus:ephemeral
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “general”): unseasonable
- (antonym(s) of “occurring at an appropriate or suitable time”): ill-timed, untime; see also Thesaurus:untimely
- (antonym(s) of “lasting for just one season”): evergreen, perennial; see also Thesaurus:eternal
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]appropriate to current season
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References
[edit]- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “seasonable”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.