hiemation

English

Etymology

From Latin hiems (“winter”).

Noun

hiemation (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Hibernation.
    • 1914, Mack Stauffer, Humanity and the Mysterious Knight, page 102:
      The biting November winds told the season had come when little could be accomplished; and, too, this was the time of the year when Cleve sought his hiemation in the metropolis.
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