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autumnal
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WordNet
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adj. of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn; "the autumnal equinox"; "autumnal fruits" [ant: wintry , vernal , summery ] characteristic of late maturity verging on decline; "a serene autumnal mood"
Wikipedia
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Autumnal is the seventh full-length album by the Spanish power metal band Dark Moor . The recording of this album was announced in early 2008, with constant updates posted on their website since then. The title of the album was revealed on November 16, ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Autumnal \Au*tum"nal\, a. [L. auctumnalis, autumnalis: cf. F. automnal.] Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal tint; produced or gathered in autumn; as, autumnal fruits; flowering in autumn; as, an autumnal plant. Thick as autumnal leaves ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, from Latin autumnalis "pertaining to autumn," from autumnus (see autumn ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or relating to autumn. 2 Past the middle of life; in the third stage.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES morning/autumnal/January etc chill ▪ Suddenly aware of the morning chill, she closed the window. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ autumnal colors EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Although today began with a cool, misty, autumnal ...
Usage examples of autumnal.
An autumnal love gives a man the sober splendor and gentle warmth of a September sunset, but it does not buffet him with the springtime storms of resentment or jealousy.
A mullioned window was pushed open to reveal the autumnal landscape beyond, with the dying sunset beams diffused through it.
It seemed strange to her, seeing its restlessness contrasted so starkly with the autumnal calm that lay elsewhere.
From his right hand sprouted thin branches hung with miniature autumnal leaves.
She proceeded up the river, and never did the scenery on the banks of the beautiful Lee look finer than on that bright autumnal day.
In the summer, however, her majesty made a cruise in her yacht, before retiring to her autumnal Scottish retreat.
On the 14th of September her majesty paid her customary autumnal visit to her Scottish Highland retreat.
Typhon, his brother, slew him when the sun was in the sign of the Scorpion, that is to say, at the Autumnal Equinox.
Thence, through Leo, Virgo, and Libra, he entered SCORPIO at the Autumnal Equinox, and journeyed Southward through Scorpia, Sagittarius, and Capricornus to AQUARIUS, the terminus of his journey South.
And they lamented when, after the Autumnal Equinox, the malign influence of the venomous Scorpion, and vindictive Archer, and the filthy and ill-omened He-Goat dragged him down toward the Winter Solstice.
Some preferred the Autumnal Equinox, because then the harvests were gathered, and the hopes of a new crop were deposited in the bosom of the earth.
Winter Solstice, a young man at the Vernal Equinox, a robust man at the Summer Solstice, and an old man at the Autumnal Equinox.
Bull of Mithras in Autumn: and in the Stars that correspond with the Autumnal Equinox we find those malevolent genii that ever war against the Principle of good, and that take from the Sun and the Heavens the fruit-producing power that they communicate to the earth.
It was said that he died at the Autumnal Equinox, when Taurus or the Pleiades rose in the evening, and that he rose to life again in the Spring, when vegetation was inspired with new activity.
The Sun, he says, was in the Sign of the Scorpion, which he then entered at the Autumnal Equinox.