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matitudinal

Syllables: ma·ti·tu·din·al/ˌmætɪˈt(j)uːdɪnl̩/US/ˌmætəˈt(j)udənl̩/

matitudinal adjective: of, occurring in, or relating to the morning, especially the early morning upon waking up.

Adjective

matitudinal (not comparable)

  1. (formal, literary) Of, occurring in, or relating to the morning, especially the early morning upon waking up.
    • It so happened, that one morning, while Lord C—— was preparing to enjoy his matitudinal treat, two girls who lived in the second flat above, were amusing themselves with a kitten, […]1825, Rev. Dr. Dryasdust [pseudonym], “The Lost Wig”, in The Common-place Book of Literary Curiosities, Remarkable Customs, Historical and Domestic Anecdotes, and Etymological Scraps, London: John...
    • With these slight assistants to support nature, and a Dolland's achromatic in his hands—by the way, a camp-stool or air-cushion is indispensable—there will he patiently keep watch for "The antler'd monarch of the waste," from the matitudinal meal even unto the dinner hour.1847, W[illiam] H[amilton] Maxwell, chapter VII, in Hill-side and Border Sketches: With Legends of the Cheviots and the Lammermuir. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 139–140
    Synonyms:
    matutinary, matutine
  2. (formal, literary) Active in the morning; waking up early.
    • Huyton College had the advantage of a school bus, which particularly when Hilary was a teenager, never being matitudinal by nature, she managed to miss each morning, […]2012, Hilary Heilbron, “Adjustment to Motherhood and in Demand as a Speaker”, in Rose Heilbron: The Story of England’s First Woman Queen’s Counsel and Judge, Oxford, Oxfordshire; Portland, Or.: Hart...

Synonyms of matitudinal

Origin of matitudinal

A variant of matutinal (possibly influenced by French matin (“morning”)), which is borrowed from Middle French matutinal (modern French matutinal), and from its etymon Late Latin mātūtīnālis (“(adjective) belonging to the morning; of or pertaining to matins; (noun) morning hymn or psalm; book of lauds”), from Latin mātūtīnus (“of, occurring in, or pertaining to the early morning, matutine”) (from Mātūta (“Roman goddess of the dawn or morning”) (from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to mature, ripen; opportune, timely; good, great”)) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship).

Questions about matitudinal

What does matitudinal mean?
Matitudinal means of, occurring in, or relating to the morning, especially the early morning upon waking up.
What part of speech is matitudinal?
Matitudinal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce matitudinal?
Matitudinal is pronounced /ˌmætɪˈt(j)uːdɪnl̩/ (UK).

Words near matitudinal in the dictionary

  1. matinées
  2. matipo
  3. matipos
  4. matis
  5. Matissean
  6. matitudinal
  7. Matiyaga
  8. Matiyasevich's theorem
  9. matje
  10. matjes
  11. matjes herring

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