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adjectivebelonging to or suggestive of autumn; produced or gathered in autumn: autumnal colors. past maturity or middle life. Origin of autumnalFrom the Latin word autumnālis, dating back to 1630–40. See autumn, -al1 OTHER WORDS FROM autumnalau·tum·nal·ly, adverbun·au·tum·nal, adjectiveWords nearby autumnalautoworker, autoxidation, autres temps, autres mœurs, Autry, autumn, autumnal, autumnal equinox, autumn crocus, autunite, Auvergne, au vol Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for autumnalColors were vivid and autumnal, including fuchsia and olive green with metallic shimmers. Valentino, Chanel, and Alexander McQueen at Paris Fashion Week|Liza Foreman|March 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST These are autumnal deaths to expiate the sins of a people and appease the heavens so summer might return. Three Great Men Died That Day: JFK, C.S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley|John Garth|November 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST The pumpkin seeds, trapped in the heat of the caramel, are imbued with an autumnal, resiny resonance. Pumpkin Seed Brittle|The Daily Beast|November 25, 2008|DAILY BEAST There were autumnal fevers too, and a contagious and destructive throat-distemper,—diseases unwritten in medical hooks. Old News|Nathaniel Hawthorne
In the west the rosy tints of the autumnal sunset were still warm in the sky. The Naval History of the United States|Willis J. Abbot. Does not this earth teem with them—the autumnal winds moan with them? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843|Various Paris is a charming place after the heat of the summer has passed away, and the fine, clear, autumnal days arrive. Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities|Robert Smith Surtees The valley of the Connecticut was decked with harvest products as for an autumnal pageant. Steve and the Steam Engine|Sara Ware Bassett
British Dictionary definitions for autumnal
adjectiveof, occurring in, or characteristic of autumn Derived forms of autumnalautumnally, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to autumnalfall, blooming, mature, serotinal, cultivated, seasoned, ripened |