Autumnal
Au·tum·nal
Autumnal
a.
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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.
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Past the middle of life; in the third stage.
An autumnal matron.
Phrases & Compounds
- 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.