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Autumn definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AU'TUMN, n. au'tum. [L. autumnus, "Etymon multum torquetur."]
The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter. Astronomically, it begins at the equinox, when the sun enters libra, and ends at the winter solstice; but in popular language autumn comprises September, October and November.
The golden pomp of autumn.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973" [syn: fall, autumn]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English autumpne, from Latin autumnus Date: 14th century 1. the season between summer and winter comprising in the northern hemisphere usually the months of September, October, and November or as reckoned astronomically extending from the September equinox to the December solstice — called also fall 2. a period of maturity or incipient decline <in the autumn of life> • autumnal adjective • autumnally adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the third season of the year, when crops and fruits are gathered, and leaves fall, in the N. hemisphere from September to November and in the S. hemisphere from March to May. 2 Astron. the period from the autumnal equinox to the winter solstice. 3 a time of maturity or incipient decay. Phrases and idioms: autumn crocus any plant of the genus Colchicum, esp. meadow saffron, of the lily family and unrelated to the true crocus. Etymology: ME f. OF autompne f. L autumnus

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Autumn Au"tumn, n. [L. auctumnus, autumnus, perh. fr. a root av to satisfy one's self: cf. F. automne. See Avarice.] 1. The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called ``the fall.'' Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November. Note: In England, according to Johnson, autumn popularly comprises August, September, and October. In the southern hemisphere, the autumn corresponds to our spring. 2. The harvest or fruits of autumn. --Milton. 3. The time of maturity or decline; latter portion; third stage. Dr. Preston was now entering into the autumn of the duke's favor. --Fuller. Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge. --Wordsworth.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(autumns) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Autumn is the season between summer and winter when the weather becomes cooler and the leaves fall off the trees. (BRIT; in AM, usually use fall) N-VAR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Fall, fall of the year, fall of the leaf.

Moby Thesaurus

aestival, arctic, autumnal, boreal, brumal, canicular, equinoctial, fall, harvest, harvest home, harvest time, hibernal, hiemal, midsummer, midwinter, out of season, seasonal, solstitial, spring, springlike, summer, summerlike, summerly, summery, vernal, winter, winterlike, wintery, wintry