AUTUMN
ADJECTIVES
► AUTUMNIAN belonging to autumn → 1606 obs.
► LATTER-ENDY like autumn; autumnal → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► AFTER-END autumn → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BACK-END late autumn, the later part of the year → 1820
► BLUEBIRD WEATHER a brief period of warm weather in autumn → 1943 Amer. dial.
► FALLING OF THE LEAF, THE autumn → 1503
► FALLING WEATHER autumn, fall → 1942 Amer. dial.
► FALL OF THE LEAF autumn → 1545 obs.
► FALL OF THE YEAR autumn → 1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FLAMING FALLS autumns with especially colourful foliage → 1951 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GAB O’ WINTER, THE a spell of cold weather in early autumn → 1916 Sc.
► HARVEST autumn, the third of the four seasons of the year → 902 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► LATE YEAR autumn → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LATTER END the latter part of the year; early autumn or late summer → 1840 Eng. dial.
► LEAF-FALL autumn, the fall of the leaf → 1840 poetic usage
► MOUNTAIN DAY an autumn day of exceptionally fine weather → 1939 Amer. dial.
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