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Autumnal adj.

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."

Past the middle of life; in the third stage. "An autumnal matron."

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.

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Etymology of 'Autumnal'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... the seventh room, where there was another nun ironing and directing the servants who were making quince marmalade and extract of pomidoro and discharging similar autumnal duties; behind was ...

— Castellinaria - and Other Sicilian Diversions • Henry Festing Jones

... students went out to Carmody on the new branch railway every Friday night. Diana and several other Avonlea young folks were generally on hand to meet them and they all walked over to Avonlea in a merry party. Anne thought those Friday evening gypsyings over the autumnal hills in the crisp golden air, with the homelights of Avonlea twinkling beyond, were the best and dearest ...

— Anne Of Green Gables • Lucy Maud Montgomery

... interchange of boots; and before the parleying had come to an end I was sufficiently awake to remember that on the previous night I had gone to bed in a Pullman car at Montreal, and had been speeding all night towards Halifax. It had been mild autumnal weather in Montreal, and the snow, which a week ago had fallen to the depth of two or three inches, had melted and been trodden out of sight save for the sprinkling which remained on the crest of Mount Royal. Here, as a glance ...

— Faces and Places • Henry William Lucy

... many questions, ever Rippling like a restless river, Puzzling many an older brain Dost thou hour by hour increase thy store Of marvelous lore. Thus a squirrel, darting deftly, Up and down autumnal trees, Sees its hoard of chestnuts growing swiftly In a heap upon the ...

— Wee Wifie • Rosa Nouchette Carey

... some one, approaching the Great Representative. The speaker was a person who wore a garb peculiarly suitable to the autumnal sultriness of the weather. He had about a couple of yards of calico, and one good coating of serviceable paint. The Great Representative bowed his head, and by a ...

— Punch, Or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 16, 1892 • Various

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