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auroral

auroral

9.6
Having the soft light and colors of early morning
  • adjective
  • /əˈrɔrəl/
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  • Every morning, the auroral glow of the sunrise brought a sense of hope and renewal.

Examples

  • She saw him coming, silhouetted against the cold auroral fire.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The sky was painted in beautiful auroral hues as the sun began to rise.

  • We woke up early to witness the auroral light shining over the mountains at dawn.

Synonyms

aurorean
vsauroral
  • Literature
9.9

A soft light or feeling like the sky at dawn

has identical meaning but is a different word form

Surface Forms

auroral positive

Morphology

auroral = aurora (transparent) = aurora + al

The adjective is a straightforward formation from aurora + -al, meaning 'relating to dawn' in a regular and predictable way.

Etymology

Auroral comes from the Latin word aurora, which means 'dawn' and is also the Roman goddess of the morning. So auroral describes the soft light or colors you see at daybreak.