Autumnal
[ɔː'tʌmn(ə)l] or [ɔ'tʌmnəl]
Definition
(adj.) of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn; 'the autumnal equinox'; 'autumnal fruits' .
(adj.) characteristic of late maturity verging on decline; 'a serene autumnal mood' .
Checker: Raymond--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) 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.
(a.) Past the middle of life; in the third stage.
Editor: Maggie
Examples
- The Babylonian astr onomers also observed that the successive vernal (or autumnal) equinoxes follow each other at intervals of a few seconds less than a year. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Draw your chair up and hand me my violin, for the only problem we have still to solve is how to while away these bleak autumnal evenings. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Not a pleasant symptom to remark, be it what it might, at dear Lady Verinder's age, and with dear Lady Verinder's autumnal exuberance of figure. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The next evening therefore, though the autumnal change had brought on cold and rain, Adrian and Idris entered my cottage. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She stood silent, gazing away from him down the autumnal stretch of the deserted lane. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The aspect of the country had so far changed, that it had been impossible to enter on the task of sowing seed, and other autumnal labours. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Maggie