/pruy'meuh vear"euhl/ , adj.
of, in, or pertaining to the early springtime: primaveral longings to sail around the world.
[ 1815-25; primaver ( a ) spring (also Pg, Pr, Catalan; cf. L primo vere in the early spring; Rom -vera prob. orig. neut pl. construed as fem., or re-formation as fem. n.) + -AL 1 ]