The warmth of the sun in winter — specifically the pleasant sensation of feeling sunlight on one's skin during cold weather.

From the Latin apricus, meaning exposed to or warmed by the sun, sharing its root with the month name April.

First recorded in Henry Cockeram's English dictionary of 1623, making it one of the earliest documented weather-sensation words in English.

Considered archaic and rarely used after the eighteenth century, though it has experienced a modest revival in nature writing and poetry.

Related to the botanical term apricot, which also derives from apricus — the fruit being so named for its preference for sun-drenched growing conditions.