a. [f. prec. + -ESQUE: cf. picturesque.] April-like; mercurial.
1856. Putnams Monthly Mag., July, 81/2. Sally herself was Aprilesque, as usual. Sometimes crying, oftener smiling .
1862. Rachel L. B, in Godeys Mag., Oct., 363/2. Wind was romping an Aprilesque game around the house.
1880. Echo, 11 Dec., 2/6. Quite an Aprilesque balm in the air.
1910. W. R. Yeakel, in Kansas News-Democrat, 14 April, 1/3.
Betwixt the March of spirit motion | |
And May of boundless blessings, | |
Our lives, midst Aprilesque emotion, | |
Grow grander by distressings. |