Word of the Day for Tuesday, December 7, 2010
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estivate \ES-tuh-veyt\, verb:
estivate \ES-tuh-veyt\, verb:
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1. To spend the summer, as at a specific place or in a certain activity.
1. To spend the summer, as at a specific place or in a certain activity.
2. In zoology, to spend a hot, dry season in an inactive, dormant state, as certain reptiles, snails, insects, and small mammals.
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If we can just get the B.O. to estivate for the next couple of years before he gets thrown out of office, the country will be far better off!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Estivate derives from the Latin aestivare, with aestivus meaning "relating to the summer."
Estivate derives from the Latin aestivare, with aestivus meaning "relating to the summer."
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