vernantadj.

Forms: Also Middle English vernand, 1500s vernaunte, varnaunt.

Etymology: < Old French vernant vernal, < Latin vernant-, vernans, present participle of vernāre to flourish, be verdant.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈvernant.

Now rare or Obsolete.

a. Flourishing or growing in, or as in, spring.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by age or cycles > [adjective] > growing at particular time of year

vernantc1440

autumnal1558

Mayey1601

solstitial1654

vernal1695

c1440 York Myst. xxv. 498 Hayll! vyolett vernand with swete odoure.

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. vi. sig. c.i A..plante Whiche dayly encreased, by sufferaunce deuyne Merueylously growynge, in her fresshe and varnaunt.

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxvi. sig. i.v^v Whiche tree to this day, endurynge all the yere By myracle is vernaunte, fresshe, grene, and clere.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DDii^v A floure, whan it is fresshe, vernant and newe,..is moche delectable and swete.

1567 G. Turberville Poems 110 Vernant flowers that appeere To clad the soile with mantell newe.

1615 R. Brathwait Loves Labyrinth 78 in Strappado The tree sent out her Branches, which did couer, Their corps with vernant blossomes.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 679 Else had the Spring Perpetual smil'd on Earth with vernant Flours.

1728 J. Thomson Spring 6 The penetrative Sun..sets the steaming Power At large, to wander o'er the vernant Earth.

1842 Fraser's Mag. 26 80 The vernant branches feel the breeze.

1842 Fraser's Mag. 26 82 The cool delicious shade Of vernant oak.

figurative and in extended use.1607 T. Tomkis Lingua i. i. A iiij b Oft haue I..embelisht my entreatiue phrase With smelling flowres of vernant Rhetorique.1615 R. Brathwait Loves Labyrinth 79 in Strappado Let not your vernant bosome so retaine, All comfort from the oat-pipe of a Swaine.1661 G. Rust Let. conc. Origen 89 The excellencie of the vernant youth and spring of the renewed world.

b. Freshly green; verdant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective]

greeneOE

verdant1581

verdurant1583

sinople1590

vernant1594

viricund1599

virid1600

deep green1609

evergreen1622

virideous1688

virent1830

1594 Willobie his Auisa xlviii. f. 44 The flowring hearbes, the pleasant spring, That deckes the fieldes with vernant hew.

1621 R. Brathwait Natures Embassie 3 Should I not..garnish her with Flora's vernant hue?

2. Pertaining to the spring; vernal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > season > [adjective] > spring

vernal1619

germinal1622

vertumnal1622

spring-like1623

springy1633

vernant1654

vernon1694

primaveral1823

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. vii. 211 The Trees..were so closely interwoven, that the vernant and æstivall Sunne beames could not pierce their rare imbroydery.

3. Of or forming the ‘spring-time’ of life.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [adjective] > belonging to early part of life

younger1538

springing1556

youngest1570

junior1606

vernant1793

vernal1794

in bud1847

1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 83. 660 The green platform of our vernant years.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	vernant
释义	vernantadj. Forms: Also Middle English vernand, 1500s vernaunte, varnaunt. Etymology: < Old French vernant vernal, < Latin vernant-, vernans, present participle of vernāre to flourish, be verdant.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈvernant. Now rare or Obsolete. 1. a. Flourishing or growing in, or as in, spring. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by age or cycles > [adjective] > growing at particular time of year vernantc1440 autumnal1558 Mayey1601 solstitial1654 vernal1695 c1440 York Myst. xxv. 498 Hayll! vyolett vernand with swete odoure. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. vi. sig. c.i A..plante Whiche dayly encreased, by sufferaunce deuyne Merueylously growynge, in her fresshe and varnaunt. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxvi. sig. i.v^v Whiche tree to this day, endurynge all the yere By myracle is vernaunte, fresshe, grene, and clere. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DDii^v A floure, whan it is fresshe, vernant and newe,..is moche delectable and swete. 1567 G. Turberville Poems 110 Vernant flowers that appeere To clad the soile with mantell newe. 1615 R. Brathwait Loves Labyrinth 78 in Strappado The tree sent out her Branches, which did couer, Their corps with vernant blossomes. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 679 Else had the Spring Perpetual smil'd on Earth with vernant Flours. View more context for this quotation 1728 J. Thomson Spring 6 The penetrative Sun..sets the steaming Power At large, to wander o'er the vernant Earth. 1842 Fraser's Mag. 26 80 The vernant branches feel the breeze. 1842 Fraser's Mag. 26 82 The cool delicious shade Of vernant oak. figurative and in extended use.1607 T. Tomkis Lingua i. i. A iiij b Oft haue I..embelisht my entreatiue phrase With smelling flowres of vernant Rhetorique.1615 R. Brathwait Loves Labyrinth 79 in Strappado Let not your vernant bosome so retaine, All comfort from the oat-pipe of a Swaine.1661 G. Rust Let. conc. Origen 89 The excellencie of the vernant youth and spring of the renewed world. b. Freshly green; verdant. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] greeneOE verdant1581 verdurant1583 sinople1590 vernant1594 viricund1599 virid1600 deep green1609 evergreen1622 virideous1688 virent1830 1594 Willobie his Auisa xlviii. f. 44 The flowring hearbes, the pleasant spring, That deckes the fieldes with vernant hew. 1621 R. Brathwait Natures Embassie 3 Should I not..garnish her with Flora's vernant hue? 2. Pertaining to the spring; vernal. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [adjective] > spring vernal1619 germinal1622 vertumnal1622 spring-like1623 springy1633 vernant1654 vernon1694 primaveral1823 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. vii. 211 The Trees..were so closely interwoven, that the vernant and æstivall Sunne beames could not pierce their rare imbroydery. 3. Of or forming the ‘spring-time’ of life. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [adjective] > belonging to early part of life younger1538 springing1556 youngest1570 junior1606 vernant1793 vernal1794 in bud1847 1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 83. 660 The green platform of our vernant years. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.c1440
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