aestivation
noun/ˌiːstɪˈveɪʃən/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin aestīvātiō, from Latin aestīvō, aestīvāre (“to spend or pass the summer in a place”), from aestīvus (“of or pertaining to summer”), from aestās (“summer”) + -īvus.
1
Biology, Natural sciences A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
3
Obsolete The spending or passing of a summer.
- On the Vnder Story, tovvards the Garden, Let it be turned to a Grotta, or Place of Shade, or Eſtiuation.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Building. XLV.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 263:
- Related terms
- aestivate, torpor