April. n.s. [Aprillis, Lat. Avril, Fr.] The fourth month of the year, January counted first.
April is represented by a young man in green, with a garland of myrtle and hawthorn buds; in one hand primroses and violets, in the other the sign Taurus. Peacham on Drawings.
Men are April when they woo, December when they wed: Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives. Shakesp. As you like it.