ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: Middle English, from spring + time
1.
a. : the season of spring
help him keep his business straighter when it grew more active in springtime — New Yorker
b. : youth
a man still in his prime but past his springtime
c. : an early or flourishing stage of development
the springtime of the national spirit, when the genius of the people formed customs and institutions — W.K.Ferguson
2. : a deep pink that is bluer, lighter, and stronger than average coral (sense 3b), bluer and deeper than fiesta, and yellower and deeper than begonia