† vertumnaladj.
Obsolete. rare.
1. Vernal.
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vernal1619
germinal1622
vertumnal1622
spring-like1623
springy1633
vernant1654
vernon1694
primaveral1823
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Palladian1562
Demogorgonian1569
Minerva-like1598
Trophonian1603
Latonian1605
Minerval1610
Uranian1656
vertumnal1705
Psychean1828
1622 T. Adams Eirenopolis 182 Her smiles are more reuiuing then the Vertumnall Sunneshine.
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 8) 1267 We cannot..keepe backe the Cowslip to August, nor the Vertumnall flowers to Autumn.
1705 N. Tate tr. A. Cowley Of Plants in A. Cowley Wks. (1711) III. 405 The Goddess her Vertumnal Rites prepares.
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2. Of or pertaining to Vertumnus ( N.E.D.).
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