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Octoberly en · ADJ

Etymology

From October + -ly.

Meanings

1. (rare) Characteristic of the month of October.
   • The month is as Octoberly as a Persian rug But no weaver can describe it. 2000, John Towey, Recollections in Rhyme, page 57:
   • September — the Balance poises the equinox; Scorpion gives an Octoberly nip; November's centaur Archer bends His bow, and lets an arrow slip. 1985, John Heath-Stubbs, The Immolation of Aleph, page 87:
   • As I left, the sun's rays were Octoberly shining, For, though at their height, they were misty and wan; I returned to the spot when those rays were declining, The church was still there, but the eagle was gone. 1879 October 29, T. Moffitt, “A Strange Bird”, in Fun, page 182:

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