A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Garg

PRONUNCIATION:

(a-PRIS-i-tee) 

MEANING:

noun: Warmth of the sun; basking in the sun.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin apricari (to bask in the sun). Earliest documented use: 1623.

USAGE:

"As he stood in the sunshine, apricity began to cover him like a wool sweater.”
 Ryan Patrick Sullivan; Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow; Trafford; 2014.