Fwd: serotinal: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

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From: Dictionary.com <doctor@dictionary.com>
Date: 2013/9/3
Subject: serotinal: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
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	Word of the Day for Tuesday, September 3, 2013 serotinal \si-ROT-n-l, ser-uh-TAHYN-l\, adjective: pertaining to or occurring in late summer. The night condenses into me, allays the bonds of my serotinal blight. Count Dracula and I share in this flight: we seek moist shadows underneath the quays, in marrow-darkness bid our bodies twist. -- Philip K. Jason, Near the Fire, 1983 Botanists use the word serotinous to describe late-blossoming, and serotinal refers to the late-summer season of the year, especially used in descriptions of life-histories of freshwater organisms (Allaby 1985). -- Robert J. Whelan, The Ecology of Fire, 1995 In these population dynamic trends obvious differences exist between the aestival and serotinal aspects. -- Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca, 1986 Serotinal entered English in the early twentieth century. It is derived from the Latin word sērōtinus meaning "late of time." Read the full entry | See synonyms | Comment on today's word | Suggest tomorrow's word Yesterday's word | Previous words | Help Words of the Day? How about words of timeless wisdom? Introducing our Quotes channel! "Life itself is a quotation." - Jorge Luis Borges Check out the Quote of the Day ›› Wait — if September means "seven" why is it the ninth month? Also, why is it "lucky seven?" We take the predictability of the calendar for granted. But we may have felt differently if we were living under the rule of Julius Caesar. September was the seventh month of the old Roman calendar. In this calendar, the year began in March. But the Julian calendar reform shifted the start of new year back two... Read more ›› Dictionary.com Word of the Day You are subscribed to the Word of the Day as: hectorpinillos@gmail.com Subscriber since: June 03, 2013 Unsubscribe from the Word of the Day To subscribe to the Word of the Day by email, please send a blank message to: join-wordoftheday@lists.lexico.com ©2013 by Dictionary.com, LLC. 555 12th Street Suite 500 Oakland CA 94607 Subscriptions to the Word of the Day can also be managed online   Tell a friend about the Word of the Day!

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