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clime

Archaic Terms
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A region, country, or zone defined by its climate; often used poetically to evoke distant, exotic, or imagined lands with distinctive atmospheric qualities.

Detailed Definition
“Clime” elevates “climate” to lyrical abstraction, evoking distant lands or idealized locales. In Romantic poetry, it signifies escape, mystery, or cultural otherness (“southern climes”). Its brevity fits metrical schemes, while its vagueness invites imaginative projection. Poets use it to contrast familiar hardship with foreign allure, reinforcing themes of wanderlust, exile, or utopian longing.
Example
Example in poetry:
"In a distant clime, where palms sway," begins an exotic lyric; In Romantic poetry, "clime" evokes foreign lands: "Brightest climes of thought and feeling"; Shakespeare’s sonnets: "From fairest creatures we desire increase, / That thereby beauty’s rose might never die"—implying English clime vs. eternal; Milton uses "clime" for regions of heaven; "The northern clime breeds hardy souls"; Her heart longed for a gentler clime.
Additional Notes
“Clime” is a poetic contraction of “climate,” used to evoke distant, exotic, or idealized regions; it appears in Romantic and imperial verse to frame exploration, longing, or cultural contrast, often imbued with orientalist fantasy.
Also Known As
region country land
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