Why “vernality” is a great word
VERNALITY — [Noun] The quality or state of being characteristic of or resembling spring. From vernal (from Latin vernalis, "pertaining to spring," from ver, "spring") + the noun-forming suffix -ity. Unlike "vernalness," a plainer, more direct synonym, or "wintriness," its stark seasonal and conceptual opposite, vernality is the formal abstraction of the season's essence. It is the sharp, mineral scent of rain on warm earth, the precise translucence of new beech leaves against a clear sky, and the startling clarity of a songbird's call in the still-bare woods—the world's brief, annual argument against permanence.