Aprilesque

English

Etymology

April + -esque

Adjective

Aprilesque (comparative more Aprilesque, superlative most Aprilesque)

  1. Characteristic of or resembling the month of April.
    • 1857, Putnam's Monthly, page 81:
      Sally herself was Aprilesque, as usual.
    • 1862, Godey's Magazine, volume 65, page 363:
      Rain was dashing upon the roof and against the windows; wind was romping an Aprilesque game around the house, lashing the roof with the long, lithe arms of that willow-tree, rattling the window sash []

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