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Webster 1913 Edition

Autumnal

Au-tum′nal

,
Adj.
[L.
auctumnalis
,
autumnalis
: cf. F.
automnal
.]
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 autumnal point.
–
Autumnal point
,
the point of the equator intersected by the ecliptic, as the sun proceeds southward; the first point of Libra.
–
Autumnal signs
,
the signs Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius, through which the sun passes between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice.

Webster 1828 Edition

Autumnal

AUTUM'NAL

,
Adj.
Belonging to autumn; produced or gathered in autumn; as autumnal fruits.

AUTUM'NAL

,
Noun.
A plant that flowers in Autumn. The autumnals form the third division of plants in Du Pas' arrangement.

Definition 2024

autumnal

autumnal

English

Adjective

autumnal ‎(comparative more autumnal, superlative most autumnal)

  1. Of or relating to autumn.
  2. Past the middle of life; in the third stage.
    • 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter:
      "The magistrates are God-fearing gentlemen, but merciful over-much,--that is a truth," added a third autumnal matron.

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Derived terms

  • autumnal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Translations

Old French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin autumnalis.

Adjective

autumnal m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular autumnale)

  1. autumnal

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Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ɔˈtʌmnəɫ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɔːˈtʌmnəl/

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