aestiferous

adj — 2 senses

aestiferous

adj

UK /ɛsˈtɪfɛɹʌs/

Etymology From Latin aestus (“heat, tide”) + -ferous (“bearing, bringing”).

1

Obsolete As the tide, turbulent; ebbing and flowing.

Thus they, estiferous, the hollow sphere Within, rack’d, and raged against the Highest.1859: John D. Bryant, M. D., Redemption, a Poem, page 241 (John Penington & Son)

2

Figuratively Producing much (aestival) heat.

Moreover, if the analogy to political revolution teaches anything at all, its instruction would seem to be that revolution is a wasteful and excessively estiferous process.1979, J. Ron Stanfield, Economic Thought and Social Change, Southern Illinois University Press, →ISBN, page 148, →ISBN:

Related terms: aestive, aestuant, aestuarium, aestuous, estuous, estival, estivate, estivation, estuary, estuate, estuating, estuation

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