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Novel by Zola; in an early stage of development
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germinal
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Germinal was the seventh month in the French Republican Calendar . The month was named after the Latin word germen , "germination". Germinal was the first month of the spring quarter ( mois de printemps ). It started March 21 or March 22, and ended April ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Germinal \Ger`mi*nal"\, n. [F. See Germ .] The seventh month of the French republican calendar [1792 -- 1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See Vend['E]miaire .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1808, from Modern Latin germinalis "in the germ," from Latin germen (genitive germinis ) "sprout, bud, sprig, offshoot" (see germ ) + -al (1).
Usage examples of germinal.
Most philanthropy starts out unquestioningly with the assumption that by modifying the individual for the better, it will thereby improve the germinal quality of the race.
A strip of the outer germinal layer, the ectoderm, thickened, folded into a groove, closed itself into a nerve canal, became a spinal column, became the brain.
Through the medium of his drawing hand he was beginning to catch the tail of some germinal ideas.
I'd make sure there were regular retrospectives of his germinal stories.