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Autumnal

//ɔːˈtʌm.nəl// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to autumn.
  2. 2
    Past the middle of life; in the third stage.

    ""The magistrates are God-fearing gentlemen, but merciful over-much,--that is a truth," added a third autumnal matron."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn wordnet
  2. 2
    characteristic of late maturity verging on decline wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin autumnāl(is). By surface analysis, autumn + -al.

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