Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to winter.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Belonging to winter; occurring in winter: as, the hiemal solstice.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- adj. characteristic of or relating to winter
Etymologies
- From Latin hiemālis ("pertaining to winter"), from hiems ("winter"). More at hibernate. (Wiktionary)
- Latin hiemālis, from hiems, winter; see ghei- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The early Christians certainly knew the date of the hiemal solstice, and if they had wanted to match it, they would not have chosen December 25.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘hiemal’.
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Speak, Memory
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freerice vocab
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Flying Into Snow
Snow-related words.
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Speak, Memory
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