autumnal
autumnal
/ɔ ˈtəm nəl/
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Definition(s):
- (adj) of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn
- (adj) characteristic of late maturity verging on decline
Usage(s):
- With a big band behind her in Taking a Chance on Love, she also shows there's plenty of fire in her autumnal mood.
- Set on a promontory overlooking the Mediterranean, 60 km north of Alicante, Altea has opened its arms to foreigners looking for a peaceful place to spend their autumnal years.
- It's full of colorful details like burying a cow horn filled with manure at the autumnal equinox.
Quotes
- "Give me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling;" writes Walt Whitman in his poem of the same name. "Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard;/Give me a field where the unmow'd grass grows; /Give me an...on Nov 28, 2008 By: Walt Whitman Source: Norwich Bulletin
- "The whole public are tired out with these annual autumnal outbreaks in the South," a weary Grant told his attorney general in 1875.on Jan 29, 2008 By: Ulysses S Grant Source: New York Times
- "This time last year it was 26 degrees and now it's autumnal. Everyone has had a better start," said Green.on Oct 6, 2007 By: Sir Philip Green Source: Telegraph.co.uk
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