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autumnal

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au·tumn  (ôtm)
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·tumnal (ô-tmnl) adj.
au·tumnal·ly adv.
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Adj.1.autumnal - of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn; "the autumnal equinox"; "autumnal fruits"
summery - belonging to or characteristic of or occurring in summer; "summery weather"; "summery dresses"
vernal - of or characteristic of or occurring in spring; "the vernal equinox"
wintery, wintry - characteristic of or occurring in winter; "suffered severe wintry weather"; "brown wintry grasses"
2.autumnal - characteristic of late maturity verging on decline; "a serene autumnal mood"
mature - characteristic of maturity; "mature for her age"
Translations
autumnal [ɔːˈtʌmnəl] adj → herbstlich


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But now, in the autumnal twilight, illuminated by the flickering blaze of the wood-fire, they looked at the old chair, and thought that it had never before worn such an interesting aspect.
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