Word of the Day for Tuesday, September 3, 2013 serotinal si-ROT-n-l, ser-uh-TAHYN-l, adjective: pertaining to or occurring in late summer. The night condenses into me, allays the bonds of my serotinal blight. Count Dracula and I share in this flight: we seek moist shadows underneath the quays, in marrow-darkness bid our bodies twist. -- Philip K. Jason, Near the Fire, 1983 Botanists use the word serotinous to describe late-blossoming, and serotinal refers to the late-summer season of the year, especially used in descriptions of life-histories of freshwater organisms (Allaby 1985). -- Robert J. Whelan, The Ecology of Fire, 1995 In these population dynamic trends obvious differences exist between the aestival and serotinal aspects. -- Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca, 1986 Serotinal entered English in the early twentieth century. It is derived from the Latin word sērōtinus meaning "late of time."
Posted on: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:01:55 +0000
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