autumnal

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

Etymology

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

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