This story originally appeared in the Morning Summary email newsletter. Register here For more stories like this and weekday weather updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists.
In Old French, “reverdie” (pronounced re-ver-die) means “to re-green.” It is a type of song or poetry dating back to at least the Middle Ages that celebrates or welcomes the arrival of spring.
A famous example of riffrade is Chaucer's public introduction to The Canterbury Tales (read it here). An ironic twist can be found in TS Eliot's novel The Waste Land, in its famous opening, “April is the cruelest month” (read it here).
Are you ready to learn more? Here are some recent weather words you may have missed:
You can find our complete archive of weather words here.
The Weather Company's primary journalistic mission is to report on breaking weather news, the environment, and the importance of science in our lives.
