serena

noun

1. (alt-of, obsolete, uncountable)Obsolete form of serene (“fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset”, noun).

   “Fie, fie, was euer poore fellow so farre benighted in an old wiues tale of diuells and vrchins. Out vpon it, I am wearie of it, for it hath caused such a thicke fulsome Serena to descend on my braine, that now my penne makes blots as broad as a furd stomacher, and my muse inspyres me to put out my candle and goe to bed:[…]”

   “But not desirous to make any longer aboad in this place, by reason of the most infectious serenas or dewes that fall all along these coasts of Africa,[…]”

   “For indeed they had already by way of Precaution, armed themselves against the Serena with a Caudle.”

name

1. A female given name from Latin.

   “Of which whilest they discoursed both together, / The faire Serena (so his lady hight)”

   “The latest in a long line of dirty dating tactics to emerge is “wokefishing,” a term coined by writer Serena Smith. “People masquerade as holding progressive political views to ensnare potential partners,” Smith told Vice. Wokefishermen can be thought of like catfishers — those who use fake online personas to defraud victims — but only for sex instead of money.”