- 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. Source: opted
- 2. a. Past the middle of life; in the third stage. Source: opted
- 3. adj. of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. characteristic of late maturity verging on decline Source: wordnet
- 5. 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. Source: webster
- 6. j:100 a. of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn s. characteristic of late maturity verging on decline Source: ecdict
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