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prettygoodword) wrote2013-09-03 07:10 am
prettygoodword) wrote2013-09-03 07:10 am
serotinal
serotinal (si-ROT-uhn-uhl, ser-uh-TEYEN-uhl) - adj., of, pertaining to, or occurring in late summer.
A good first word for September, when here at least it feels like the thunderstorms have finally been cut off (though no doubt they'll sputter for a few weeks more) and the light as I come in to work is lower and more golden. The shoulder season of summer. Adopted around 1900 (give or take a few years) from Latin sērōtinus, coming late (in time).
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A good first word for September, when here at least it feels like the thunderstorms have finally been cut off (though no doubt they'll sputter for a few weeks more) and the light as I come in to work is lower and more golden. The shoulder season of summer. Adopted around 1900 (give or take a few years) from Latin sērōtinus, coming late (in time).
---L.
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That scans to me as five syllables. Is the penult perhaps "TINE"?
Also, if these pronunciation guides are your own: gosh, you have a lot of schwas in unstressed syllables. :) And Midwestern fronting/raising, at least partly. Californians are charged (rightly) with schwa abuse via slurring, but it took me a moment to work out the first suggested pronunciation, too. Interesting.
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