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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Autumn \Au"tumn\, noun [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
autumn
noun: the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973" [syn: {fall}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "autumn": 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
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