aestivation

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˌiːstɪˈveɪʃən/

Definition of aestivation

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
  2. (countable, uncountable)The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The spending or passing of a summer.
    “On the Vnder Story, tovvards the Garden, Let it be turned to a Grotta, or Place of Shade, or Eſtiuation.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aestīvātiō, from Latin aestīvō, aestīvāre (“to spend or pass the summer in a place”), from aestīvus (“of or pertaining to summer”), from aestās (“summer”) + -īvus.

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