estivation
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English
Noun
estivation (countable and uncountable, plural estivations)
- Alternative spelling of aestivation
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Building. XLV.”, in The Essayes , 3rd edition, London: Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 263:
- On the Vnder Story, tovvards the Garden, Let it be turned to a Grotta, or Place of Shade, or Eſtiuation.
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French
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Noun
estivation f (plural estivations)
Further reading
- “estivation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.