SEASONAL

seasonal

(adjective) occurring at or dependent on a particular season; “seasonal labor”; “a seasonal rise in unemployment”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

seasonal (comparative more seasonal, superlative most seasonal)

Of, related to, or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics.

Antonym: unseasonal

Noun

seasonal (plural seasonals)

Anything that is seasonal, such as a financial trend, a product for sale, or an employee.

Source: Wiktionary


Sea"son*al, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to the seasons. Seasonal dimorphism (Zoöl.), the condition of having two distinct varieties which appear at different seasons, as certain species of butterflies in which the spring brood differs from the summer or autumnal brood.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

27 December 2024

OBLIGATE

(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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