Pronounced: kuh-MEE-lee-uhs, adj
Notes: My thoughts flew (incorrectly) to a flower
Yesterday’s word
The word solstitial means
- of, relating to, or characteristic of a solstice
- happening or appearing at or associated with a solstice
First usage
The reference material I consulted do not agree; one says that the word arrived in English in the 1300s; another says the mid-1500s
Background / Comments
As I noted yesterday, after I read the definition, it seemed so obvious, but I didn’t know the definition when I first saw the word. Our word came into English from Anglo-French, which came from the Latin word solstitium (solstice), which is composed of sol- (sun) and -stit or -stes (standing). The much more well-known word “solstice” comes from the same source.
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