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/ɔtˈəmnəl ˈikwənˌɑks/ Listen

adjective

Autumnal adj.

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."

Past the middle of life; in the third stage. "An autumnal matron."

Autumnal equinox, the time when the sun crosses the equator, as it proceeds southward, or when it passes the autumnal point.

Autumnal point, the point of the equator intersected by the ecliptic, as the sun proceeds southward; the first point of Libra.

Autumnal signs, the signs Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius, through which the sun passes between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice.

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Etymology of 'Autumnal equinox'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Digby "advised me to try and digest a little better, and gave me a water which he said was only raine water of the autumnal equinox exceedingly rectified, and smelt like ...

— The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened • Kenelm Digby