autumnal
(adjective) of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn; “the autumnal equinox”; “autumnal fruits”
autumnal
(adjective) characteristic of late maturity verging on decline; “a serene autumnal mood”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
autumnal (comparative more autumnal, superlative most autumnal)
Of or relating to autumn.
Past the middle of life; in the third stage.
• (of or relating to autumn): seasonal
• (pertaining to seasons): spring, vernal; summer (summery), aestival/estival; winter (wintry), hibernal, brumal
Source: Wiktionary
Au*tum"nal, a. Etym: [L. auctumnalis, autumnalis: cf. F. automnal.]
1. 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. Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa. Milton.
2. Past the middle of life; in the third stage. An autumnal matron. Hawthorne. Autumnal equinox, the time when the sun crosses the equator, as it proceeds southward, or when it passes the ~ point.
– ~= point, the point of the equator intersected by the ecliptic, as the sun proceeds southward; the first point of Libra.
– ~= signs, the signs Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius, through which the sun passes between the ~ equinox and winter solstice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
