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posthodiernal

posthodiernal adjective: relating to future time later than today.

Adjective

posthodiernal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to future time later than today.
    • As an example of a language which has an opposition between hodiernal and posthodiernal future, where the hodiernal future is distinct from the present tense(s), we may mention Aghem (Bantu, Hyman 1979).1984, Brian Butterworth, Bernard Comrie, Östen Dahl, Explanations for Language Universals, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, →ISBN, page 113
    • Posthodiernal na- does not appear in my narrative corpus outside of the quoted speech of characters.2015, Doris L. Payne, Shahar Shirtz, Beyond Aspect: The expression of discourse functions in African languages, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 170

Antonyms of posthodiernal

Origin of posthodiernal

From post- + hodiernal.

Questions about posthodiernal

What does posthodiernal mean?
Posthodiernal means relating to future time later than today.
What part of speech is posthodiernal?
Posthodiernal is an adjective.

Words near posthodiernal in the dictionary

  1. posthistories
  2. posthistory
  3. posthitis
  4. posthoc
  5. posthockery
  6. posthodiernal
  7. postholder
  8. postholders
  9. posthole
  10. postholed
  11. postholes

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