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Definition of Autumnal

1. Adjective. Of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn. "Autumnal fruits"

2. Adjective. Characteristic of late maturity verging on decline. "A serene autumnal mood"

Definition of Autumnal

1. a. 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.

Definition of Autumnal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to autumn. ¹

2. Adjective. Past the middle of life; in the third stage. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Autumnal

1. autumn [adj] - See also: autumn

Medical Definition of Autumnal

1. 1. 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 that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa." (Milton) 2. Past the middle of life; in the third stage. "An autumnal matron." (Hawthorne) Autumnal equinox, the time when the sun crosses the equator, as it proceeds southward, or when it passes the ~ point. ~ point, the point of the equator intersected by the ecliptic, as the sun proceeds southward; the first point of Libra. ~ signs, the signs Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius, through which the sun passes between the ~ equinox and winter solstice. Origin: L. Auctumnalis, autumnalis: cf. F. Automnal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Autumnal

autoxidises autoxidising autoxidize autoxidized autoxidizes autoxidizing autozygome autozygous autumn autumn crocus

autumn equinox autumn fever autumn pumpkin autumn sneezeweed autumn years autumnal (current term) autumnal equinox autumnally autumns autumntime

autumny autunite autunites aux auxano- auxanogram auxanograms auxanographic auxanographic method auxanography

Literary usage of Autumnal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1852)
"Now site September 'neath the trees, Wooing the coy autumnal breeze ; Through the dim forest-aisles he sees The bright autumnal twilight. ..."

2. Clinical Hematology: A Practical Guide to the Examination of the Blood with by John C. DaCosta (1901)
"The Parasite of Estt'vo-autumnal Fever. (Plate VIII.) The developmental cycle of the estivo-autumnal parasite exhibits marked irregularity as to the length ..."

3. The Anatomic Histological Process of Bright's Disease and Their Relation to by William Heiskell Deaderick, Horst Oertel, Charles Gilmore Kerley, Michael Grossmann (1909)
"tion with estivo-autumnal parasites is the irregularity of the course as ... A classification is difficult and, while that into estivo- autumnal or ..."

4. Ornithological Biography by John James Audubon (1832)
"THE autumnal Warbler was so named by Mr WILSON on account of its appearing in ... The food of the autumnal Warbler consists of small insects, many of which ..."

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