Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to autumn; produced or gathered in autumn: as, autumnal fruits.
- Figuratively
- Belonging to a period correspoding to autumn in the year; hence, past the middle stage of life: as, “an autumnal matron,” Hawthorne.
- noun A plant that flowers in autumn.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; ; produced or gathered in autumn; ; flowering in autumn.
- adjective Past the middle of life; in the third stage.
- adjective the time when the sun crosses the equator, as it proceeds southward, or when it passes the autumnal point.
- adjective the point of the equator intersected by the ecliptic, as the sun proceeds southward; the first point of Libra.
- adjective the signs Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius, through which the sun passes between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to
autumn . - adjective Past the middle of life; in the third stage.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn
- adjective characteristic of late maturity verging on decline
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Examples
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And the only place it feels remotely autumnal is in the mall.
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And the only place it feels remotely autumnal is in the mall.
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And the only place it feels remotely autumnal is in the mall.
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So the piece is done in autumnal, slightly Hallowe'eny colours with spider webs stitched in each square and some inspirational words and faces.
Imagine katelnorth 2008
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ABOUT THREE YEARS ago I began to notice that the natural arc both of my reading and my writing was suffering what might be called an autumnal change.
Literary Life: A Second Memoir Larry McMurtry 2009
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Beyond definition, one with the earth upon which it plays, Shelley's "Wind" (69), no longer identified as autumnal, is also one with the poet as the practice itself of poetry — a practice that extends beyond writer and reader to effect the awakening of earth itself.
Shelley's Golden Wind: Zen Harmonics in _A Defence of Poetry_ and 'Ode to the WestWind' 2007
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ABOUT THREE YEARS ago I began to notice that the natural arc both of my reading and my writing was suffering what might be called an autumnal change.
Literary Life: A Second Memoir Larry McMurtry 2009
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On a certain autumnal Saturday afternoon about seventy-five or more years ago two men entered Willow Glen by the highway from the west, leading between them a wild, shaggy animal, a buffalo recently capured on the prairies, being the first one seen in this part of the country.
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On a certain autumnal Saturday afternoon about seventy-five or more years ago two men entered Willow Glen by the highway from the west, leading between them a wild, shaggy animal, a buffalo recently capured on the prairies, being the first one seen in this part of the country.
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There are touches of his distinctive voice in the writing, and visually the film recalls the autumnal palette of Hannah and Her Sisters and September.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona Ed Howard 2008
seanahan commented on the word autumnal
This is a beautiful sounding word.
July 29, 2007
super-thegirlnextfloor commented on the word autumnal
It is beautiful sounding, I agree. Clearly, like its meaning, the word possesses some magic.
May 31, 2008
bilby commented on the word autumnal
Sounds better than fallal.
May 31, 2008
adtsunami commented on the word autumnal
A beautiful word indeed. But one for which I am often challenged as to it's existence, shortly after having employed it...
November 15, 2008
dontcry commented on the word autumnal
What about fallumnal?
November 15, 2008