Apricity was a term originally coined by English lexicographer Henry Cockeram to denote the “the warmeness of the Sunne in Winter”. This photo I took during a particularly chilling end of autumn day in Japan in Ginkaku-ji Temple, Kyoto. Note how the sun falls in cascades of enveloping warmth onto the golden tinged leaves. Apricity comes from the Latin aprīcāri, meaning ‘to bask in the sun’).
“These humicubrations, the nocturnal irorations, and the dankishness of the atmosphere, generated by a want of apricity, were extremely febrifacient.” Lorenzo Altisonant (aka Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour), Letters to Squire Pedant, 1856
A hard one to remember given that it sounds like April and describes the sun in winter…or maybe that makes it easier?!
Yes, depending on where in the world you are in April it may be freezing or getting a bit warmer. I thought of apricots with apricity, it sounds summery to me 🙂
Ah yes it does sound like apricots….