Sep. 13th, 2017

serotinal

Sep. 13th, 2017 07:50 am
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serotinal (si-ROT-n-l, ser-uh-TAYN-l) - adj., of, pertaining to, or occurring in late summer.



Which describes the season here, right now -- we're still breaking 40°C, but with early morning signs of cooling to come. Coined around 1900 -- the ultimate root is Latin sērus, late, with two separate adjectival endings tacked on, one in Latin itself, the other in English.

---L.

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