vernant

English

Etymology

From Latin vernans, present participle vernare (“to flourish”), from ver (“spring”).

Adjective

vernant (comparative more vernant, superlative most vernant)

  1. (obsolete) Flourishing, as in spring; vernal.
    • Milton
      […] to bring in change / Of seasons to each clime; else had the spring / Perpetual smil'd on earth with vernant flowers, / Equal in days and nights […]
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