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autumnal

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au⋅tum⋅nal

  [aw-tuhm-nl]
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–adjective
1. belonging to or suggestive of autumn; produced or gathered in autumn: autumnal colors.
2. past maturity or middle life.
Origin:
1630–40; < L autumnālis. See autumn, -al 1

Related forms:
au⋅tum⋅⋅nal⋅ly, adverb
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au·tumn   (ô'təm)   
n.  

  1. The season of the year between summer and winter, lasting from the autumnal equinox to the winter solstice and from September to December in the Northern Hemisphere; fall.

  2. A period of maturity verging on decline.

adj.  

  1. Of, having to do with, occurring in, or appropriate to the season of autumn: autumn foliage; autumn harvests.

  2. Grown during the season of autumn: autumn crops.


[Middle English autumpne, from Old French autompne, from Latin autumnus.]
au·tum'nal (ô-tŭm'nəl) adj., au·tum'nal·ly adv.
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