| autumn | 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. 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. 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) Origin: L. Auctumnus, autumnus, perh. Fr. A root av to satisfy one's self: cf. F. Automne. See Avarice. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| autumn fever | A fever resembling dengue occurring at the end of the summer in India. Synonym: seven-day fever. Synonym: hasamiyami. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autumnal | 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. Origin: L. Auctumnalis, autumnalis: cf. F. Automnal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Russian autumn encephalitis | <pathology> An epidemic viral encephalitis that strikes populations in Japan and other East Asian countries, typically in summer months. Symptoms canresemble poliomyelitis, but the disease can also be virtually symptomless. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| Russian autumn encephalitis virus | A virus of the genus Flavivirus (group B arbovirus) occurring particularly in Japan but probably widespread throughout Southeast Asia; the virus is normally present in humans, especially in children, as an inapparent infection, but may cause febrile response and sometimes encephalitis; it may cause encephalitis in horses and abortion in pigs; wild birds are probably the natural hosts and culicine mosquitoes the vectors. Synonym: Russian autumn encephalitis virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autumn f. |
1. nanukayami. 2. mud f. (def. 1).
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| autumn | the season when the leaves fall from the trees |
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| autumn | occurring in or appropriate to the season of autumn |
| autumn | bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers |
| autumn | a coarse vine widely cultivated for its non-keeping large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds |
| autumn | North American perennial with bright yellow late summer flowers flowers |
| autumn | of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn |
| autumn | characteristic of late maturity verging on decline |
| autumn | (astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Virgo |
| autumn | September 22 |
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