autumnal
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[edit] English
[edit] Adjective
autumnal (comparative more autumnal, superlative most autumnal)
- Of or relating to autumn.
- 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.
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter:
[edit] Hypernyms
- (of or relating to autumn): seasonal
[edit] Coordinate terms
- (pertaining to seasons): spring, vernal; summer (summery), aestival/estival; winter (wintry), hibernal, brumal
[edit] Derived terms
- aestivoautumnal, estivoautumnal
- autumnal equinox
- autumnal hawkbit
- autumnally
- autumnal moth
- autumnal point
- autumnal signs
- autumnal star
- Russian autumnal encephalitis
- autumnal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] Translations
of or relating to autumn